NHER 23948 (Monument record) - Air raid shelter and multi-period pottery

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Summary

An air raid shelter, or bunker, from World War Two. Fragments of pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods have been found by fieldwalking.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

6 March 1987. Sites BB 676 to 8, contexts 2 to 4.
Fieldwalking, medium conditions, ploughed.
Medieval sherds including Grimston.
Roman sherds.
Red glazed earthenware and tin glazed.
Thetford and St Neots.
Undated sherds.
See list and plot in file.
Identified A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 20 August 1987.

A. Rogerson (NAU) reports 'something like a bunker or air raid shelter' in this area.
E. Rose (NAU) 29 February 1988.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 676. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 677. BB.
  • --- *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 678. BB.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • POT (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

Aug 10 2022 7:49AM

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