NHER 11341 (Monument record) - Roman or Late Saxon/medieval iron working site

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Summary

A large amount of undated iron working debris has been found at this site. The location of at least four possible furnaces/bloomeries have been identified. Roman, Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherds have also been collected and suggest that the iron working took place in one, two or all of these periods.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF61NE
Civil Parish	BAWSEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1975. Found on ploughed surface.
Traces of least three iron bloomeries burnt clay, roasted ore, much tap slag. 2nd century AD and medieval sherds. Note slag also built into church, see NHER 3410.
Information from member of the public [1], see also (S1).

March 1977. Visit.
Scatter of Roman and medieval sherds, and iron slag, over area of scrub.
A. Rogerson (NAU) with N. Adams (NAU) 24 March 1977.

Early 1985. Fieldwalking.
Three areas defined in field survey by member of the public [1] and pupils.
See plan (S2) in file.
Areas marked as follows.
Context 2. Scatter of slag in southwest corner.
Context 3. 'Slight slag' outside northeast corner of wood, apparently running into it.
Context 9. 'Ten square metres slag - furnace!'.
A. Gregory (NAU) 16 October 1985.

Addenda: from Context 9; ten sherds Grimston Thetford identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).

2004. Fieldwalking.
Unusual medieval sherd.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 30 January 2005.

September 2006. VAP.
Google Earth imagery shows a number of cropmarks visible on this site.
See (S3) for further details.
D. Lefeuvre (HES), 31 January 2011.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF99594 Designation: NCM Staff. 1950?-1960?. Data submitted with sheduling request. NHER 11341.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 61 NE 22.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF2517 Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 3.
--- SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 11-SEPT-2006 Accessed 31-JAN-2011.
<S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map..
<S3> SNF79149 Illustration: Smallwood. J.P.. 1985. Sketch of a ironworking survey map.. Film.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (6)

BRIQUETAGE (Undated)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 14 2021 3:01PM