NHER 61643 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age pottery scatter and other, multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL99NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MERTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 2003. Fieldwalking.
Identified at Context 1 (finder's Site 3):
?Prehistoric burnt flint scatter.
Identified at Context 2 (finder's Site 1):
?Prehistoric burnt flint scatter.
Identified at Context 3 (finder's Site 7):
Scatter of Iron Age pottery sherds (183 recovered). This scatter appears to have extended slightly into the field to the south (NHER 40790).
Other finds recovered at or near this location include:
4 prehistoric worked flints including 2 scrapers.
30 Roman and/or medieval pottery sherds.
3 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
3 undatable oyster shell fragments.
Identified adjacent to Old Farm (NHER 18253) at Context 4 (finder's Site 9):
Scatter of Late Saxon and/or 'Norman' pottery (62 recovered).
Other finds recovered at or near this location include:
1 ?prehistoric burnt flint (sample)
5 medieval pottery sherds.
6 undatable animal bone fragments and 1 oyster shell.
All objects identified by finder, see notes and sketch map in file for further details [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 10 October 2016.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (10)
- BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- OYSTER SHELL (Unknown date)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD? to 1065 AD?)
- POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 7 2020 1:09AM