NHER 6335 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age to Roman quern
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Summary
Two Iron Age to Roman stone rotary querns were found at the end of the 18th century.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG14SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | UPPER SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
'Stone querns found around 1859'. Around 411m (450 yards) east southeast of Pretty Corner.
Probably 1848.
Two rotary querns (found with three or four others).
See (S1) and (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
'Several puddingstone querns with iron binding found in neighbourhood of Sheringham'
Hooper 1896.
See (S3).
E. Rose (NLA).
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Sheringham (Upper).
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 14 SE 8b.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF1374 Publication: Rye, W. 1909. Catalogue of Antiquities Found Principally in East Anglia. Nos 1233-1234.
- <S2> SNF8522 Article in Serial: Wake, T. 1943. Early Corn Milling in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVIII Pt II pp 111-116. pp 113-114.
- <S3> SNF2190 Article in Serial: Kenyon, K.. 1950. Excavations at Breedon on the Hill, 1946. Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society. Vol XXVI.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- QUERN (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 26 2016 10:54AM