NHER 68876 (Monument record) - Possible clay-lined feature and 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 Pitting.
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 4). A natural sandy gravel deposit was encountered at a depth of 0.45m, which was overlain by a fairly thin subsoil layer. It is thought that the relatively shallow soils at this location were the result of modern landscaping during the creation of nearby housing. An ephemeral patch of thin clay and charcoal flecks in the corner of the test pit possibly represented the remnants of a badly truncated archaeological feature.
Finds recovered included:
15 undatable burnt flints.
1 Mesolithic flint microblade.
1 ?later Bronze Age/Iron Age flint scraper, 1 combination tool, 5 flakes and 14 pieces of miscellaneous debitage.
2 Early/Middle Iron Age pottery sherds.
10 ?Saxon/medieval lumps of iron smelting slag.
7 medieval pottery sherds.
1 late medieval/early post-medieval pottery sherd.
7 post-medieval pottery sherds, 4 brick fragments, 3 roof tile fragment, 4 pieces of clay tobacco pipe and 6 iron carpentry nails.
7 late post-medieval/modern pottery sherds.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 January 2025.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF102874 Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, G. 2017. A Community Archaeological Test-Pitting Project at Tasburgh, Norfolk. Part of the Imagined Land Project. Norvic Archaeology. 103.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 1600 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC to 101 BC)
- PIT? (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD? to 1539 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)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
Object Types (16)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- COMBINATION TOOL (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC? to 42 AD?)
- DEBITAGE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FLAKE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC? to 42 AD?)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC? to 42 AD?)
- POT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC to 101 BC)
- BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
- SLAG (Early Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD? to 1539 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)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- NAIL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (18th Century to Late 20th Century - 1701 AD to 2000 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 14 2025 1:49AM