NHER 60653 (Monument record) - Medieval features and Late Saxon to medieval finds

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Summary

A trial trench excavated at this site in 2000 revealed a complex series of medieval features including several pits and a hearth. The presence of metal working debris suggests that smelting or smithing was taking place on the site during the medieval period. Although some Late Saxon pottery was recovered it appeared that pre-Conquest material had been redeposited in later contexts.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF84SW
Civil Parish	BURNHAM MARKET, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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6 to 8 December 2000. Trial Trench.
Excavation of single trench on site of proposed new hall.
Revealed a complex sequence of medieval features and deposits, including pits, layers, slag, fired clay, a possible post hole and possible surface.
One Iron Age or Early Saxon sherd and a few Late Saxon sherds.
Contexts 1 to 53.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
Previously recorded under NHER 21281.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2024.181).
D. Gurney, (NLA) 29 January 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2015 and 20 October 2024.

The mapped location of this record has been corrected following a re-examination of the report figures. It had previously been located approximately 40m to the south-east.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2023.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF79532 Photograph: NAU. JVV.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF92793 Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at The New Village Hall, Burnham Market. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 565.
<S2> SNF82555 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2001. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2000. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt IV pp 707-728. p 710.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)

Object Types (20)

BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Early Iron Age to Early Saxon - 800 BC to 650 AD)
NAIL (Unknown date)
OYSTER SHELL (Unknown date)
QUERN (Unknown date)
TILE (Unknown date)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD? to 1065 AD?)
POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FISH REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FLAKE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
LACE TAG (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SLAG (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WATCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Oct 20 2024 5:53PM