NHER 21025 (Find Spot record) - Multi period finds including material probably dumped following demolition of Middle Harling Church
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL98NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Late 1983 on two different dates by [1]. Area of arable field.
Scatter of finds suggesting that this is site of dumping of Middle Harling Church in 18th century. Area is around 100m x about 25m. Finds not collected - much mortar, mortared flint, some limestone, mortared, many human bones. Finds collected - sample of brick. Floor tiles, one base and one sherd of pimply Ipswich.
A. Rogerson (NAU), November 1985.
See file for report on floor tiles (S1). The collection is most extraordinary for a small parish church, which in Norfolk usually yields little other than a few plain Flemish tiles.
M. Dennis (NLA), 10 February 2006.
1983. Fieldwalking. Middle Harling.
1 Mesolithic-type two-platform flint blade core and 1 flint blade similar to it.
1 prehistoric flint flake used as hollow scraper.
Information from [2].
Identified by J.J. Wymer (NAU) November 1984.
W. F. Milligan (NCM), 29 November 1984. Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 November 2014.
1986. Further surface finds by [1].
Twenty six fragments of medieval glazed floor tiles, of which six exhibit relief decoration (not seen by P. Drury); Roman tile with combing.
NCM.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 27 July 1987
1987. Found with metal detector.
Context 3 at [3].
13th century bronze buckle (finder's No 8).
Context 4 at [4].
Medieval conical bronze thimble (finder's No 7).
Information from [5].
S. Margeson (NCM), 24 April 1987.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map..
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF61121 Unpublished Document: Davison, A.. Note on Middle Harling.
- <S1> SNF61120 Unpublished Document: Drury, P.J.. Middle Harling, Site of Church (Norfolk).
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (18)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- HOLLOW SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Oct 11 2018 11:07AM