Record Details

NHER Number:11711
Type of record:Monument
Name:Multi-period finds site, including Roman material

Summary

Metal-detecting and fieldwalking between 1976 and 1988 recovered a significant number of Roman pottery sherds, suggesting this may be the site of a Roman-period settlement. This is supported by cropmark evidence, with various linear features potentially associated with a Roman-period farmstead or villa having been identified at this location (NHER 50602). The other finds recovered at this site included Mesolithic, Neolithic and undatable prehistoric worked flints; Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval token; a post-medieval jetton and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a medieval spur, purse bar and knife-handle terminal.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 14 14
Map Sheet:TG11SW
Parish:RINGLAND, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

The cropmarks previously recorded under this number are now grouped under NHER 50602.

Pre 18 February 1979. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] at [2] (his Site 3b):
1 Mesolithic flint blade.
2 Neolithic flint end scrapers, 1 side scraper, 2 cores, 29 flakes and 2 'chunks'.
1 Roman pottery sherd (greyware).
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1982.84.8).

Found by [1] at [3] (his Site 5a):
2 undatable prehistoric flint flakes.
1 Roman coin and pottery sherds (greyware).
1 post-medieval coin, 1 jetton, 1 token and various other metal objects (some very late).
The majority of these finds were also donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1982.84.13).

Identified and compiled by W. Milligan, 18 February 1982. Information from file notes.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 May 2014.

April 1979. Fieldwalking.
Seven sherds of Romano-British coarse grey ware and a rim of central Gaulish Samian ware were recovered from the field surface after ploughing. Medieval, post medieval sherds were also recovered.
Information from (S2).
T. Gregory, 8 May 1979.
One of these sherds was reidentified as a Late/Transitional base.
Information from (S2).
W. Milligan, 16 April 1981.

January 1980. Surface finds.
A variety of pottery sherds were collected from the surface of a ploughed field, just south of the field boundary. The finds included a sherd of a wall-sided mortarium and other Romano-British coarseware sherds, two sherds of flint-gritted pottery which may be prehistoric in date, and a late medieval base sherd with internal green glaze.
T. Gregory, 4 March 1980.

March 1983. Metal detecting.
Several Romano-British greyware sherds and an unidentified bronze object were recovered by a metal detectorist.
Information from (S2).
W. Milligan, 27 May 1983.

August 1987. Metal detecting.
A Samian base sherd and medieval metalwork were recovered by a metal detectorist. The medieval metalwork included a bronze rowel spur, a bronze purse swivel bar, and a late medieval bronze knife-handle terminal in the form of horses hooves.
Information from (S2).
W. Milligan, 7 August 1987.

July 1988. Metal detecting.
A prehistoric hammer stone, likely of Iron Age date, was recovered during fieldwalking.
Information from (S2).
W. Milligan, 18 August 1988.

September 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The Roman farmstead or villa cropmarks previously recorded under this number are now grouped under NHER 50602. The ring ditches previously identified on the aerial photographs listed were not mapped as part of the NMP assessment, as they were of a dubious archaeological nature and appeared to be of potential geological origin. However a possible ring ditch or circular structure was tentatively identified within this vicinity, see NHER 50603.
S. Massey (NMP), 12 September 2007.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • DEBITAGE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SIDE SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 100 AD to 199 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 200 AD to 299 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.

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50602Related to: Cropmarks of a Roman farmstead or villa (Monument)

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