Record Details

NHER Number:21387
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval pottery sherds on possible green edge

Summary

Fenland fieldwalking here in 1985 recovered medieval pottery sherds, animal bones and shell fragments. It is possible that this site was located at the edge of the medieval green.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 5667 1900
Map Sheet:TF51NE
Parish:TILNEY ALL SAINTS, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

12 April 1985. Fieldwalking on deep ploughed and reasonably well weathered soil.
Context 1: general scatter medieval sherds. Site TYS AH.
Context 2: at [1]. Small concentration medieval sherds separate from Context 3. Site TYS AG.
Context 3: at [2]. Concentration sparse pottery, locally abundant shells, sparse bone. Some post medieval contamination. On slope of scarp which could be edge of medieval green. Infilled dykes confuse picture. 40m east-west x 25m north-south at 2.7m OD. Site TYS 6.
Finds held by NCM.
R. J. Silvester (NAU) 14 April 1985.

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

Monument Types

  • VILLAGE GREEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS 6. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS AG. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS AH. FENS.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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