NHER 68873 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM29NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TASBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
April 2017. Test Pit.
Excavation of test pit as part of the Norfolk Archaeological Trust's 'Imagined Land' project - a community archaeology project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (Test Pit 1).
A natural geological deposit was encountered at a depth of 0.85m, overlain by a sequence of silty sand subsoil deposits. Finds recovered included:
6 undatable animal bones.
1 Mesolithic flint bladelet.
1 Mesolithic/Early Neolithic blade-like flint flake.
3 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint shatter fragments and 1 chip.
1 Early/Middle Iron Age pottery sherd.
7 Roman pottery sherds.
2 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
4 medieval pottery sherds.
2 late medieval/early post-medieval pottery sherds.
1 post-medieval pottery sherds, 3 roof tile fragments and 1 brick fragment.
A Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake was also recovered from the surface of a flower bed adjacent to the test pit.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 January 2025.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (13)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- DEBITAGE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC to 101 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1401 AD to 1600 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 22 2025 3:36AM