NHER 34750 (Find Spot record) - Medieval mortar (Dersingham, poorly located)

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Summary

Half of the base of a medieval mortar made of shelly limestone containing many fossils was found somewhere in Dersingham before being used in a rockery.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	DERSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

About 1950-1980. Found by grandfather of [1] somewhere in this area and placed by him in a rockery at Dersingham from where it was retrieved by [2].
Half base of mortar of highly fossiliferous shelly limestone, 22.5cm (9 inches) across by 12.5 cm (5 inches) wide (original therefore around 25cm (10inches)) with projecting lug of one inch which rises from a raised band around the base. Similar to mortars of shelly limestone?Quarr stone discussed in (S1) some of which come from this area.
E. Rose (NLA), 20 December 1999.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF5095 Monograph: Clarke, H. & Carter, A.. 1977. Excavations in King's Lynn 1963-1970.. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph. No 7.
<S1> SNF47601 Monograph: Clake, H. & Carter, A.. 1977. Excavations in King's Lynn, 1963-1970.. 1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Object Types (1)

MORTAR (VESSEL) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 11 2025 11:09AM