NHER 10595 (Monument record) - Roman cemetery and kiln

1858. West side of Bungay Road opposite brickyard. Context 1 at 3021 9323.
Kiln found, mouth 2.3m (7 feet 6 inches) in diameter; 0.9m (3 feet) down, 1.5m (5 feet) diameter. Had a shelf 33cm (13 inches) wide on which pots were placed; floor 1.2m (4 feet) below shelf. Stokehole on west side. Used for pottery and later for lime.
?Post Roman lime kiln.
R.R. Clark (NCM).

22.8m (25 yard) away.
Five cinerary urns with calcined bones within found arranged in quincunx 1.5m (5 feet) apart. Best urn 23cm (9 inches) high and 17.7cm (7 inches) in diameter at widest point. Norwich Museum Catalogue of Antiquities illustration No.348.
Another urn 15cm (6 inches) high and 30cm (12 inches) in diameter.
Roman cemetery. No trace of pottery on site.
Date ?early 3rd century.
R.R. Clarke (NCM), 16 October 1953.

See (S1) (illustration), (S2) (reference to wasters, not found elsewhere), (S3), (S4), (S5), (S6) (Grimes Type IV), (S7).
Called 'Late Celtic' in (S8) but late 1st to early 2nd century A.D. date; slightly splayed base, general shape and moulding suggest Belgic influence.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

June 2006. Norfolk NMP
Examination of aerial photographs for the Norfolk National Mapping Programme revealed irregular soilmarks and cropmarks at this location (S9-10). These relate to post medieval quarrying and were not mapped. The ground level has been significantly lowered by clay extraction for the adjacent brickworks (NHER 13642). It is possible that this extraction dates to the mid-nineteenth century when the Roman pottery kiln was discovered. Due to the significant amount of disturbance that appears to have occurred across the whole field, it is unlikely that any Roman remains survive in situ.
J. Albone (NMP), 12 June 2006.