NHER 8 (Find Spot record) - Possible site of post-medieval tin-glazed pottery kiln
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1948. Trial Trench.
Trial hole excavated at corner of Thorn Lane (south side) and Ber Street.
Much disturbed to 14ft [4.2m]. Finds recovered included:
1 Roman pottery sherd (colour coated rim).
1 medieval pottery sherd (body sherd).
Late medieval or transitional rim, bases and body sherds.
Flower panel from Bellarmine jug.
Finds held by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1948.202.3 : A).
Possible tin-glazed (Delftware) kiln site - around 24 sherds.
Information from (S1). See drawings (S2) and (S3). Pottery noted also noted in (S4).
Several of the Delftware sherds were subject to quantitive analysis by atomic absorbtion spectroscopy at the British Museum- see report (S5) for further details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 September 2017.
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF87229 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
- <S2> SNF98610 Illustration: Milligan, W. 1971. Drawings of medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds (including late medieval/transitional Delftware). 1:1.
- <S3> SNF98611 Illustration: Milligan, W. 1971. Drawings of medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds (including late medieval/transitional Delftware). Paper. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF2685 Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13.
- <S5> SNF97957 Unpublished Report: British Museum Research Laboratory. Report on the Scientific Examination of Sherds Possibly Wasters from a Delftware Kiln, Excavated at Norwich. Finds Analysis Report.
- <S6> SNF100483 Monograph: Hume, I. N. 1977. Early English Delftware from London and Virginia. Colonial Williamsburg Occassional Papers in Archaeology. Volume II. pp. 3, 107-109 and 115 (Fig. XIX).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (4)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 24 2020 12:23PM