NHER 68109 (Find Spot record) - Roman to post-medieval finds, proposed route of Long Stratton bypass (Long Stratton, poorly located)

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Summary

During an evaluation of the proposed route of the A140 Long Stratton bypass in 2020 a range of unstratified finds were recovered, the bulk of which have no additional location information recorded. These poorly-located objects include Roman, Late Saxon/early medieval and medieval pottery sherds; a Roman pottery spindle whorl; Roman flue and roof tile fragments; a post-medieval brick fragment; undatable fired clay; a single piece of post-medieval clay tobacco pipe and a possible fragment of iron working waste (attached to burnt ceramic building material).

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	LONG STRATTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

August-November 2020. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed route of A140 Long Stratton Bypass.
It is recorded that a range of unstratified finds were recovered from the 85 trenches excavated but unfortunately the report doesn't make it clear exactly what come from where. These poorly located find included:
Undated fired clay, animal bones and a possible fragment of iron-working waste (attached to a burnt piece of ceramic building material).
33 Roman pottery sherds, 1 flue tile, 1 tile and a pottery spindle whorl.
1 ?Roman tile fragment.
1 Late Saxon/medieval pottery sherd.
22 medieval pottery sherds.
1 post-medieval floor brick and 1 clay tobacco pipe fragment.
See report (S1) for further detail and NHERs 44502, 64581, 64583-64584, 64586, 64589-64590, 60792 and 64579 for information on the results of the trenching.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2021.2).
P. Watkins (HES), 20 February 2024. Amended 24 August 2025.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF101838 Unpublished Contractor Report: Whitmore, D. 2022. Land East of A140, Long Stratton, Norfolk. Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey and Informative Trial Trenching. NPS Archaeology. 2020/104872.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (12)

ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
XFIRED CLAY (Unknown date)
FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TILE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1001 AD to 1100 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Aug 24 2025 4:06PM