NHER 3288 (Find Spot record) - Saxon and medieval pottery sherds, garden of The Den

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Summary

During 1954-55 a number of medieval and Saxon pottery sherds were recovered from the garden of The Den. Some of the Saxon sherds belonged to large storage jars and several of the medieval sherds were of glazed wares.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF62SW
Civil Parish SOUTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1954-5.
Garden of 'The Den', Nursery Lane, at depth of 46-60cm (1ft 6in - 2ft) in gravel:
Late Saxon pottery. Large storage jars. Multi-handled finger point decoration on applied strips and numerous other types and handmade brick and fired clay.
On edge of St Catherine's Creek:
Thetford Ware.
Information from C. H. Lewton-Brain.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

1955. Garden of 'The Den', Nursery Lane.
Early medieval sherds, including glazed ware.
NCM from C. H. Lewton-Brain.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

  • --- Article in Serial: Hurst, J. G. 1957. Saxo-Norman pottery in East Anglia. Part II Thetford Ware. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol L (for 1956) pp 29-60. p 50.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Wootton (South) [2].
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SW 5; TF 62 SW 14.
  • --- Serial: 1954. Council for British Archaeology Group VII Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 1. p 3.
  • --- Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 7.
  • BRICK (Unknown date)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Oct 4 2018 4:31PM

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