NHER 2188 (Monument record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF52SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CLENCHWARTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1933. North Farm Lands, west bank of Great Ouse. About 3m to 4.5m (10-15ft) OD.
Small mound on NCC smallholdings being reduced.
Several sherds found.
Some 17th century and 'a number of pieces as much like Roman as anything else' (R. E. M. Wheeler) (Possibly Late Saxon or medieval. R. R. Clarke NCM.)
Possibly a cockle boiling site; many shells.
Information from P. L. K. Schwabe, December 1935.
Where are sherds? (Copy NCM card by R. R. Clarke; material not checked.).
KLM 6 inch map version of this is:- 'Low mound levelled 1936. Pot glazed and unglazed medieval, 16th century, cockle shells, ?boiling site, fragment Bellarmine, P. L. K. Schwabe'.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 November 1980.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Clenchwarton.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 52 SE 1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (5)
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Undated)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 11 2016 9:47AM