NHER 15465 (Find Spot record) - Late Iron Age/Roman and medieval finds

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Summary

In 1979 the rim of a medieval pottery vessel was found on the field surface at this location. A number of other medieval pottery sherds that had probably also been recovered at this site are now held by the Norwich Castle Museum. Metal-detecting between 2017 and 2020 recovered a Late Iron Age cosmetic mortar and a medieval lead seal matrix.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM19SW
Civil Parish TIBENHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1979. Stray Find.
Found on field surface by hedge at [1]:
1 medieval rim sherd with thumbed decoration (not seen NCM).
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2019.

Pre 1993. Stray Find.
In 2006 the Norwich Castle accessioned a bag of 28 medieval pottery sherds that had probably been recovered at or near this site (NWHCM : 2006.585). These sherds were with Iron Age sherds known to have been found nearby (NHER 15464, which has no mention of medieval material) and are associated with a map suggesting that they had been recovered at [2], relatively close to the mapped location of NHER 15465.
One sherd is a rim with thumbed decoration and could therefore be the object found in 1979.
A bag containing small lumps of ?daub is marked 'Tibenham' and '1993' is presumed to be from the same site.
Information from museum records.
P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2019.

June 2017-January 2020. Metal-detecting. [3].
Late Iron Age/Roman cosmetic mortar.
Medieval lead seal matrix.
Site extended to the whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [4].
E. McDonald (HES), 17 February 2021 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 March 2021.

  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • COSMETIC MORTAR (Late Iron Age to Roman - 50 BC to 200 AD)
  • DAUB (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 26 2023 9:08AM

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