Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2405 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman rubbish pits and multi-period finds, Luddington's Gravel Pit |
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Summary
In the 1930s pottery and flint implements from the Early Bronze Age, as well as pottery sherds from the Iron Age and Roman period were discovered during gravel extraction. In the early 1950s the gravel pit was extended and several Roman rubbish pits full of Roman pottery sherds were recorded.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 615 075 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF60NW |
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| Parish: | RUNCTON HOLME, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1936. Luddington's Gravel Pit.
Workmen digging out a huge tree stump exposed fragments of Bronze Age pottery and some Early Bronze Age flint flakes. Further fragments of pot were found during digging and sifting on the site.
See sketches of Beaker pottery sherds (S1).
1936.
Much Roman pot was recovered from the site.
1938.
Pieces of Iron Age pot were recovered.
1939.
Half a Beaker period pot and other peieces of Beaker period pot were recovered.
1950. New gravel pit includes the area of above.
3rd and 4th century Roman pottery was found on the tips.
1952.
Roman pottery in quantity was found north of Hams Wood in refuse pits by R.R. Clarke (NCM).
See full details and pot drawings (S1) in secondary file.
E. Rose (NAU) 15 October 1990.
September 2007. ALSF NHER Enhancement Sub-Unit D.
This record was related to NHER 2412 and NHER 2409 as modern maps show Luddington's Gravel pit extends further than the polygon for this record indicates.
M. Dennis (NLA), 17 September 2007.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. p 102. |
| --- | Article in Serial: [unknown]. British Museum Quarterly. Vol XI, p 192. p 192. |
| --- | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| --- | Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. Nos 611-613, 622-623; Fig 405. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 60 NW 4; TF 60 NW 5; TF 60 NW 6; TF 60 NW 8 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Runcton Holme. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Runcton Holme. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Runcton Holme [2]. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | Illustration: ?Thatcher, I. ?1936. Sketches of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherds from Runcton Holme. Paper. 1:1. |
Related records
| 2409 | Parent of: Bronze Age cremation urns, Luddington's Gravel Pit (Monument) |
| 2413 | Parent of: Roman four post structure, Luddington's Gravel Pit (Monument) |
| 2412 | Parent of: Roman pottery sherds and wooden pieces, Luddington's Gravel Pit (Find Spot) |
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