Record Details

NHER Number:20317
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman pottery sherd concentration, Roman and medieval pottery sherds

Summary

Fieldwalking in 1984 by the Fenland Survey recovered a scatter of Roman and medieval pottery sherds, as well as recording a sparse scatter of Roman pottery adjacent to the drainage dyke.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 5666 1568
Map Sheet:TF51NE
Parish:TILNEY ST LAWRENCE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

2 April 1984. Ploughed and well weathered field.
Context 1 = general scatter probably both Roman and medieval.
Context 2 at 5654 1552. Sparse scatter Roman pottery adjacent to drainage dyke. No other materials present. Possibly on top of rodham but uncertain. 42m x 20m.
TYL AI (S1), TYL 7 (S2).
Compiled by R. Silvester (NAU), April 1984.

For full details of wares, flint types etc see Fenland Folders (S3).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYL AI. FENS. TYL AI.
<S2>*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYL 7. FENS. TYL 7.
<S3>Archive: Fenland Folders.

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