NHER 1266 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age/Roman pottery and human remains
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF64SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
#August 1923. Stray Find.
Found when digging a pipe trench "close to lighthouse":
Human skull and pottery fragments of 1st century AD found.
La Tene influence in sternly marked cordons, characteristic of late native pottery (C. Fox notes).
?Roman date.
Donated to what is now the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (1923.1341).
Information from (S1). Noted and figured in (S2).
These sherds were examined by T. Gregory at the CUMAA in April 1980 and identified as mostly body sherds in 'Belgic' wheel-thrown style, most likely dating to the conquest period (i.e. mid 1st century AD). There is also one sherd of fully Roman pottery - from a 3rd-century Dales Ware jar.
See drawings (S3)-(S5).
Information from (S6).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES) 18 February 2018.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Hunstanton.
- <S2> SNF1971 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. p 99; Pl XIII.
- <S3> SNF98688 Illustration: Gregory, T. 1980. Drawing of Late Iron Age/Roman pottery sherds. Paper. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF98689 Illustration: Gregory, T. 1980. Drawing of a Late Iron Age/Roman pottery sherd. Paper. 1:1.
- <S5> SNF98690 Illustration: Gregory, T. 1980. Drawing of a Late Iron Age/Roman pottery sherd and a Roman pottery sherd (Dales Ware). Paper. 1:1.
- <S6> SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (3)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 0 AD to 100 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Nov 9 2020 10:18AM