NHER 5160 (Monument record) - Roman settlement and World War One Prisoner of War Camp

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Summary

A complex of Roman pits were excavated and Roman pottery including two stamped samian vessels were found. Further excavation uncovered evidence for a Roman settlement. Roman drainage ditches, a wattle and daub structure, two cremation inhumations and an amphora in a latrine pit were recorded. Ditched rectangular structures probably relating to the settlement can be seen on aerial photographs. Prehistoric worked flints, a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy axe and a Neolithic barbed and tanged arrowhead have also been found suggesting there was earlier prehistoric activity on the site. The western area was used as a prisoner of war camp in 1917 and much of the site has now been destroyed by the construction of a new dyke and road.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL68NE
Civil Parish	FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1953.
Beaker arrowhead found

1960 to 1962. Excavation.
Roman settlement.

1963. Cambridge University Committee for Aerial Photography aerial photograph.
Soil marks of ploughed out ditched rectangular enclosures.
D. Edwards (NAU, 22 November 1990.

1964. Casual find.
Neolithic flints.

1965. Casual find.
Bronze Age flanged axe, (S1).

Pre 1970.
Report of shaft hole implement.

1973 to 1976.
Cropmarks noted.

1988. Fenland fieldwalking.
Roman sherds, pot boilers, flints..
See file for details, (S1), (S2) and notes of 1962 excavations.
E. Rose (NAU), 23 April 1990.

For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S3).

Western part of area in use as a prisoner of war camp in 1917.

Associated Sources (17)

--- SNF14813 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 113. FENS.
--- SNF14890 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 190. FENS.
--- SNF14891 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 191. FENS.
--- SNF15108 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL FG. FENS.
--- SNF10415 Aerial Photograph: AO 764 (1961);AHo95 (TL6989-F) (1963).
--- SNF87580 Article in Serial: 1961. Other Archaeological Excavations, 1960. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 13 (for 1960) pp 1-2. p 1.
--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Feltwell.
--- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Feltwell.
--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Feltwell [4].
--- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Feltwell [4].
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF87125 Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 3.
<S1> SNF80737 Illustration: Unknown. 1965. Drawing of a Bronze Age flanged axe.. Card. 1:1.
<S2> SNF51288 Drawing: Unknown. Sketch plan of finds site. Film.
<S3> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)

Object Types (22)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
PERFORATED OBJECT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLANGED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
DAGGER (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
HORSESHOE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
HUMAN REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 4:44PM