NHER 55925 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period findspot

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Summary

Fieldwalking undertaken around 1992 identified several scatters of pottery sherds in this field. The date of this material is not entirely clear, although it is possible that both Iron Age and medieval sherds were recovered. A more systematic fieldwalking survey undertaken in 2010 recovered Roman, Early/Middle Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery and a large assemblage of struck flint of Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date including a core, flakes, blades and scrapers.

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Map sheet	TL88SE
Civil Parish	THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1992. Fieldwalking.
This field is one of several in this area known to have been walked by [1] in around 1992. Unfortunately it is not known exactly what was found. A map produced by the finder [2] suggests that four discrete scatters of pottery were identified. It appears that one was identified as Iron Age and the other three as medieval (if the colour conventions are consistent with those used on maps produced following surveys at other locations).
P. Watkins (HES), 12 October 2016.

January-May 2010. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey of proposed development area (Field 9).
The survey revealed Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery and a large assemblage of struck flint of Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date including a core, flakes, blades and scrapers.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
S. Howard (HES), 8 August 2011.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF81101 Unpublished Contractor Report: Wolframm-Murray, Y. 2010. Archaeological fieldwalking, metal detecting and geophysical surveys of land at the north of Thetford, Norfolk (Volumes 1 and 2). Northamptonshire Archaeology. 10/159.
<S2> SNF93149 Article in Serial: Gurney, D., Bown, J. and Hoggett, R. 2011. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2010. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt II pp 262-276. p 273.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (8)

BLADE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
CORE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 411 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 12 2018 2:31PM