NHER 4437 (Monument record) - Site of Roman settlement and salt works
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL59SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WELNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pre 1946.
Circles seen as cropmarks.
See (S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM) suggests Roman origin, but Mr Riley now believes all these small circles are for drying haystacks in recent times.
E. Rose (NAU).
No trace on ground (or of any other of Riley's circle sites).
A.J. Lawson (NAU) 6 August 1976.
17 July 1990. NAU air photography.
No trace of circles; but what may be cropmarks of Roman fields noted (vague rectangles).
D. Edwards (NAU).
1998.
A trench has revealed Roman pottery and briquetage.
Finds identified - see list and report in file.
See also (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA) 12 August 1998.
1998 to 1999. Metal detecting.
24 Roman coins.
6 medieval coins.
Post medieval coin.
Bronze Age razor (S3).
Roman, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval (S4), post medieval and undatable metal objects.
Decorated medieval floor tile.
Including some material previously reported.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 February 2002.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF13099 Aerial Photograph: TL 5294 C,D.
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Welney.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF7903 Article in Serial: Riley, D.N.. 1946. Antiquity. Antiquity. Vol XX, p 153 fig.2.
- <S2> SNF82757 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1999. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 369-387. p 385.
- <S3> SNF80926 Illustration: Holness, A. 1999. Drawing of a Middle/Late Bronze Age copper alloy razor. Card. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF91678 Illustration: Ashley, S. 2000. Drawing of a medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant. Film. 2:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- SITE (Unknown date)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SALT WORKS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman to 19th Century - 43 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (36)
- RAZOR (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- RAZOR (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
- RING (Unknown date)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
- WEIGHT (Unknown date)
- BRIQUETAGE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- LAMP (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- GIRDLE HANGER (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- JEWS HARP (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HARNESS FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 19 2014 2:48PM