NHER 2706 (Monument record) - Roman finds near Blackwater Ford
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF80SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HILBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Iron Age Sherds found near Blackwater Ford by W.G. Clarke.
R.R. Clarke (NCM)
1928 to 1929. South of Blackwater Ford and west of line of Smuggler's Road, sandy soil about 15m (50') to 30.5m (100') OD.
Roman sherds including mortarium, colour coated sherds, fragment of red mortar, fragment of niedermendig lava quern.
Given to NCM by R.R. Clarke (site 14).
R.R. Clarke (NCM)
(S1) records site as 'Roman village'.
E. Rose (NAU)
1920. South of Blackwater Ford and west of line of Smugglar's Road, sandy soil about 24.4m (80') to 30.5m (100') OD Sherds including colour coated found by W.G. Clarke.
Pre 1947. Stray Find.
From Roman site:
2 sherds rusticated ware.
Information from (S2).
According to (S3) this is the beaker pottery from Hilborough listed in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 April 2016.
1986 to 1987. Fieldwalking. Finder's field GC 8 but no details given in his file.
1 flint, 1 medieval unglazed, 1 glazed Grimston sherd found.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 12 July 1988.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF1609 Article in Serial: 1920. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol III Pt II (for 1919-20) pp 315-322. p 322.
- --- SNF1971 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. p 98.
- --- SNF4203 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1920. [unknown]. 9 April.
- --- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Hilborough.
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Hilborough [2].
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 80 SW 4; TF 80 SW 8; TF 80 SW 9.
- <S2> SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hilborough.
- <S3> SNF59203 Thesis: Healy, F. 1978. The Neolithic in Norfolk. p 234.
- <S4> SNF5088 Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 549.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (7)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- MORTAR (VESSEL) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 18 2023 8:05AM