NHER 22079 (Monument record) - Earthwork bank and multi-period pottery

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Summary

An earthwork bank at this site may be part of an earlier field system. Fragments of pottery dating from the Roman to the medieval periods have been found by fieldwalking. This site was the subject of an evaluation by the Norfolk Archaeological Unit in 1998, but no archaeological features were found.

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Map sheet	TF70NW
Civil Parish	BARTON BENDISH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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16 December 1985. Fieldwalking, medium conditions.
Earthwork bank, a possible headland?
Roman.
Thetford type and medieval wares.
In 4 contexts, see plot and lists in file
A. Rogerson (NAU) December 1985.

7 April 1998. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation excavation in advance of housing produced no finds or features except two natural hollows, and ploughmarks, probably modern.
See report (S1) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA) 29 May 1998.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF13979 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. 265. AJGR.
--- SNF13980 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. 266. AJGR.
--- SNF13981 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. 267. AJGR.
--- SNF13982 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. 268. AJGR.
--- SNF10 Article in Serial: [Unknown]. [unknown]. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVII, p 203. p 357.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF57450 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hutcheson, A. 1998. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at Buttlands Lane, Barton Bendish. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 299.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (3)

POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Barton Bendish (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 18 2015 1:29PM