NHER 1737 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds scatter

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Summary

Excavation in 1953 recovered early medieval pottery sherds. Fieldwalking and metal-detecting between 1999 and 2004 recovered Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds and medieval and post-medieval tile; aswell as undated animal and human bone, and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman to post-medieval lead pot mend, a medieval buckle and cauldron fragment, and a post-medieval cauldron fragment.

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Location

Map sheet	TF84SW
Civil Parish	BURNHAM NORTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Context 1.
During 1953 in trenching for new school 91m west of Carmelite Friary.
Sherds of early medieval pottery.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)

2000. Metal detecting and field observation. Site extended.
Medieval metal finds.
Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon and medieval sherds collected from flower beds of school.
Fragment of human bone.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 10 October 2000.

January 2001. Surface finds by [1] around edges of school field.
Lead pot mend.
3 clay pipe stems.
1 Iron Age or Early Saxon sherd.
1 Roman or Early Saxon sherd.
1 Roman grey.
5 Thetford ware.
2 Unglazed Grimston.
3 Grimston.
3 Glazed Red Earthernware.
6 medieval unglazed.
Burnt and unburnt animal bone.
Medieval and post medieval tile.
A. Hutcheson (NLA) 8 January 2001.

Chance find some time before May 2004, location [1]
A lead pot mend.
See description in file.
E. Darch (NLA), 5 August 2008.

July 1999.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Burnham Norton.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)

Object Types (20)

POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
POT (Undated)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT MEND (Roman to 19th Century - 43 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon - 720 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
CAULDRON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)

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Burnham Norton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Feb 25 2020 12:45PM