NHER 16784 (Find Spot record) - Roman pottery

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Summary

Fragments of a Roman Spanish globular amphora and other 1st to 3rd century AD Roman pots were found on the surface of a field. Possible cropmarks can be seen on an aerial photograph.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF71NW
Civil Parish	GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1980. Found on surface of field.
Scatter of Roman sherds including amphorae. Material not seen. Found by a student of [1].
E. Rose (NAU), 24 November 1980.

17 December 1980.
Spanish globular amphora and 1st to 3rd century AD sherds.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).

22 July 1993. NLA air photography.
Disturbance/marks visible in crop on site of Roman pottery scatter. Not clearly discernible in form, possibly natural disturbance.
M. Brennand (NLA), 8 February 2001.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF49429 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1993. TF 7418H - J.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Object Types (1)

POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Gayton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 5 2021 8:10AM