NHER 25266 (Monument record) - Probable Iron Age pottery scatter and other prehistoric and Roman finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL99NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MERTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 1989. Metal-detecting.
Found at [1] (Context 1):
1 Roman rear-hook brooch fragment, mid 1st century AD.
Grid reference supplied by finder [2].
D. Gurney (NLA), 27 April 1989.
Unknown date but probably late 2003. Fieldwalking. Extended to whole field.
Identified at Context 2 (finder's Site 15):
Substantial scatter of Iron Age pottery (377 flint-gritted sherds recovered).
Other finds recovered in the vicinity of Context 2 included:
?Prehistoric burnt flints.
Many prehistoric worked flints, including scrapers and blades.
All objects identified by finder, see notes and sketch map in file for further details [3].
It should be noted that this is one of several sites in this part of Merton/Watton at which notable concentrations of probable Iron Age pottery have now been identified.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 October 2016.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (6)
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 11 2016 3:44PM