Record Details
| NHER Number: | 22114 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon and medieval pottery and bone sherds |
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Summary
Fieldwalking in 1986 recovered a general scatter of medieval pottery sherds, as well as a concentration of Late Saxon pottery sherds and bone fragments.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 5537 2066 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF52SE |
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| Parish: | TERRINGTON ST CLEMENT, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
14 January 1986. Fieldwalking. In poor conditions, roses (S1).
Context 1 = general scatter particularly northwest part medieval sherds. TSC BQ.
Context 2 at 5528 2065. On roddon (Fenland word for ghost of extinct watercourse) a scatter of pottery including Thetford ware (Late Saxon) some bone and sherds. Impossible to tell how dense this material was because of conditions but definitely a site. Around 30m diameter at 3.0m OD. TSC 25.
R. J. Silvester (NAU), 15 January 1986.
Also two Late Saxon sherds from context 1 (archive).
For full details of wares, flint types etc see Fenland Folders (S2).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 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: 1986. Fenland Fieldwalking Survey. TSC BQ, TSC 25. |
| <S2> | Archive: Fenland Folders. |
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