Record Details
| NHER Number: | 22140 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherds |
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Summary
Fenland fieldwalking here during 1982-86 recovered sherds of Late Saxon and medieval pottery, along with fragments of animal bone and shell. Various pieces of post medieval material were also retrieved from the same area.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 5652 1783 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF51NE |
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| Parish: | TILNEY ALL SAINTS, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1982-86.
Context 2: at [1]. (Formerly numbered NHER 19106). Part of scatter of pottery of Early medieval ware, extending north to saltern (?) at NHER 19105/Context 3.
27 January 1986. Fieldwalking on young winter cereal.
Context 3 at [2]. Concentration Late Saxon and early (?) medieval sherds moderate, bone moderate. Only very small amounts of post medieval material around. Set a little way from any roads it appears to be on a slight eminence which could be a roddon, although this seems unlikely. Site stops adjacent to drainage dyke now infilled. Set in grey soil. 86m northwest-southeast x 71m northeast-southwest at 3.1m OD. Site TYS 19.
Finds held by NCM.
R. Silvester (NAU).
14 March 1986.
Context 1: general scatter in young winter cereal on weathered soil. Odd medieval sherds. Also two Late Saxon sherds. Site TYS BJ.
Context 4: at [3] concentration of sparse medieval pottery, moderate shell, sparse bone. Also sparse post medieval material. Set on silt bank. Material from southwest end of site may contain Late Saxon element - kept separate. 140m x 70m max at 3m OD. Site TYS 33.
Context 5: (overlying southwest end of Context 2) at [4]. Concentration sparse medieval pottery, ditto shell, very very sparse bone. Odd post medieval fragments as well. Adjacent to road 40m northeast-southwest x 33m northwest-southeast at 2.6m OD. Site TYS 34.
Context 6: at [5]. Concentration of Late Saxon and medieval pottery (sparse to moderate), sparse bone, moderate shell. No post medieval material. On side of silt ridge. 40m east-west x 42m north-south at 2.8m OD. Site TYS 35. Also one Late Saxon sherd.
Finds held by NCM.
R. Silvester (NAU) 21 March 1986.
For full details of wares, flint types etc., see Fenland Folders.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Undated)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS 19. FENS. |
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS 33. FENS. |
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS 34. FENS. |
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS 35. FENS. |
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS BJ. FENS. |
| --- | 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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