Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10901 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of medieval chapel and medieval pottery finds |
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Summary
The site of a medieval chapel, founded in about 1282 and dissolved in 1547. Several pieces of medieval pottery were dug up on the site in the late 1930s. A Roman coin was recovered metal detecting in 2007.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 09 80 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM08SE |
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| Parish: | ROYDON (NEAR DISS), SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Chantry site (Chapel of St. Mary) Founded in about 1282, dissolved in 1547.
Found in about 1939; medieval jug of red ware with green glaze and lower part of another with green glaze and incised horizontal and vertical lines. Excavated by [1].
E. B. Green (NCM).
Ipswich Museum records describe the finds as 14th to 15th century sherds; two tall greenglazed pitchers 15th to 16th century; most of a very large greyware pan. States objects came to museum from [1].
E. Rose (NAU).
September - October 2007. Metal detecting.
1 Roman coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 November 2007.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CHANTRY CHAPEL (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1539 AD)
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 08 SE 10 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Roydon (Near Diss). |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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