NHER 16767 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric pot boilers and multi-period pottery sherds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM19SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WACTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1979-80. Surface finds in fieldwalking. Context 2 at grid reference.
Pot boilers.
Possible Roman bodysherd.
Thetford type rim.
Few Late medieval sherds, lava quern fragment (medieval or post medieval).
Many lead-glazed and stoneware sherds.
Clay pipe fragments.
Staffordshire slipware, Delft, German stoneware.
Unglazed sherds (medieval or post medieval).
Identifications by W. Milligan (NCM) 20 October 1980.
25 September 1980. Further fieldwalking over whole field. Sherds divided into four bags with no explanation. May in fact include some of above, but numbered separately.
Context 1:
Twenty-five medieval unglazed.
One medieval glazed.
One medieval Sieburg Stoneware.
Forty-six late medieval/transitional.
One glazed post medieval whiteware.
One undated whiteware.
One glazed red earthenware.
One lava quern.
One iron fitting.
Context 3:
Six pot boilers.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (8)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Oct 15 2013 1:48PM