NHER 20620 (Monument record) - Prehistoric pot boilers, medieval pottery and post-medieval crotal bell
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Late 1979. Field Ordnance Survey Great Fransham 162. Field walking, very poor conditions.
2 medieval sherds.
Pot boiler site, approximately west of pit ('plot 160') not recorded in detail, to await better conditions.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 5 September 1984
13 May 1990. Field walking finds
Contexts 2 to 13.
Findspots Context 14 at TF 8841 1333: Potboiler concentration.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) March 1992.
July 2013-April 2014. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Survey of proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 179).
A post-medieval crotal bell was the only find of note recovered at this location.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 August 2023.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF15148 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G162. AJGR.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
- <S2> SNF102393 Unpublished Contractor Report: Evershed, R. and Pringle, I. 2015. Archaeological Non-intrusive Survey Report: Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry, Fieldwalking and Metal Detecting for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Electrical Connection, Norfolk. Allen Archaeology Ltd. AAL 2014060.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (5)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Undated)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Aug 17 2023 2:35PM