Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2412 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman pottery sherds and wooden pieces, Luddington's Gravel Pit |
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Summary
In 1959 Roman pottery sherds, pieces of wood with peg holes and fragments of animal bone were recovered from Luddington's Gravel Pit.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6160 0807 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF60NW |
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| Parish: | RUNCTON HOLME, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1959. Gravel pits.
3rd to 4th century sherds, see for comparison Runcton Holme in (S1).
Also bone and pieces of wood which pit owner said 'looked like a boat' when first uncovered in 1957 or 1958 but tramp made fire of them soon after. Some pieces had peg holes in.
Information from A.S. Mottram (KLM).
E.B. Green (NCM).
September 2007. ALSF NHER Enhancement Sub-Unit D.
This record has been related to Luddington's Gravel pit, NHER 2405, as the modern map shows the gravel pit to be significantly larger than recorded in the polygon for NHER 2405.
M. Dennis (NLA), 17 September 2007.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- WORKED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 60 NW 4. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 6. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Runcton Holme. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Hawkes, C. 1933. Early Settlement at Runcton Holme. Part II. The Second Occupation: A Peasant Settlement of the Iceni. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol VII Pt II pp 231-262. |
Related records
| 2405 | Part of: Roman rubbish pits and multi-period finds, Luddington's Gravel Pit (Monument) |
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