Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34137 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval pit, pottery sherds, fired clay and brick fragments |
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Summary
Observation of construction work on this site in 1998 recorded the presence of a medieval pit and ditch, containing much pottery, fired clay and brick.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 5377 1896 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF51NW |
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| Parish: | TERRINGTON ST CLEMENT, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| WEST NORFOLK |
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Full description
April-June 1998. Watching Brief.
King's Lynn to Sutton Bridge Trunk Water Main (Plot 16 A-H).
Observation of works for laying of pipeline.
Medieval pit and ditch with much pottery, fired clay and brick.
One slag fragment but no quantities.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.38 and NWHCM : 2017.417).
E. Rose (NAU), 7 January 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2015 and 17 May 2019.
Monument Types
- DITCH ( excavated, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (excavated, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRIQUETAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1998. King's Lynn to Sutton Bridge Trunk Water Main. Archaeological Survey and Watching Brief. Part II. Topsoil Strip Watching Brief: Finds Collection, Metal Detecting and Excavation. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 364. |
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