Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3465 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman wall, post hole and finds |
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Summary
The footings of a Roman wattle and daub wall, a post hole, and fragments of Roman pottery and animal bones were revealed during an excavation in the early 1960s by the King Edward VII School in King's Lynn.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6648 1486 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61SE |
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| Parish: | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Blackborough End, 1961 to 1962. Excavations by King Edward VII School, King's Lynn.
Footings of Roman wattle and daub wall, and post hole, Samian and rusticated sherds.
See (S1).
Section 61cm (2 feet) of sand at top 15cm to 37cm (6 inches - 1 foot 3 inches) black layer with bones over white sand. Piles of flint and carrstone found.
Plans by [1] in file.
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- BUILDING? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POST HOLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- WALL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Map: Sampson, A.J.. 1962. Plan of Excavations on Roman Site at Blackborough End, Middleton. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Middleton. |
| --- | Article in Serial: 1963. Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk, 1961. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 14 (for 1961 and 1962) pp 1-3. p 2. |
| <S1> | Serial: Smallwood, J.. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin.. no 8. |
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