NHER 22684 (Monument record) - Possible Roman and Early Saxon settlement and multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HECKINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 1986. Hales Survey, Heckingham site 44.
Ploughed and weathered but not drilled.
Context 1. Concentration. See (S1).
Three flints: one scraper, one flake, one blade.
Thirty one Roman greyware.
One Samian.
Two medieval unglazed.
Five red glazed red earthenware.
Two post medieval stoneware.
Context 2. General scatter.
Three flints: flakes.
One miscellaneous prehistoric flint gritted body sherd.
One rim and eighteen body sherd plus scraps sandy or gritty hand made Early Saxon 9also seen by R. Rickett (NAU). T. Gregory (NAU) says some could be Iron Age.
One base organic tempered Early Saxon.
Three Roman greyware.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 23 June 1986.
Site 44/2.
This area has been interpreted as a site of Roman settlement. Small number of finds, 2nd to 3rd centuries AD.
Site 44/1.
This area has been interpreted as an Early Saxon settlement. A small site.
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 1 February 2006.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF14193 *Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 44. Hales.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF60774 Unpublished Document: Hales Survey. Hales Survey fieldwalking notes.
- <S2> SNF5694 Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 49.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (9)
- BLADE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 14 2017 8:25AM