NHER 14193 (Find Spot record) - Saxon and medieval pottery sherds

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Summary

Several Late Saxon Thetford ware sherds were recovered from a gas trench at this location in 1978. Sometime prior to 2002, additional Late Saxon pottery and an early medieval pottery sherd was collected from a nearby gas trench.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL88SE
Civil Parish THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1978. Casual Find.
Sherds of Thetford ware pottery were recovered from a gas pipe trench in London Road.
Location [1].
From card in Thetford Museum made out by W. F. Milligan (NCM).
Information from (S1).

Before 12 August 2002. Casual Find.
Several pottery sherds were found in a gas trench very close to and to north of the previous finds.
(NGR amended from above).
1.3286 kg of Thetford Ware sherds was idenfitifed, including five jar rims, one costrel rim (complete), seven sagging basal, one flat basal, six body with applied strips, and thirty-three body sherds (including one with diamond roulette and one fired buff). No obvious wasters.
The assemblage also included one body sherd (weighing 13g) of medieval unglazed pottery, probably early medieval,
and a fragment of finger-marked fired clay, reduced with part oxidised surface (weighing 19g).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 14 October 2002.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 23 2019 12:15PM

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