Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9629 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman 1st century pottery kiln and possible metal working site, gravel pit east of Pound Lane |
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Summary
In the first half of the 20th century Roman pottery sherds and iron working debris were noted at the edge of this gravel extraction site. In 1943 excavations took place on the stokehole of a kiln, and a mound of kiln waste and other firing debris, thought to date to the 1st century.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2748 0898 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1935.
Iron slag.
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
14 September 1935 and still visible November 1936.
Depression in north face of pit. Ironworking date uncertain.
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
1938-9 gravel pit east of Pound Lane.
Roman sherds, mainly early 2nd century (S4, S5 and S6). List of eight pieces in secondary file.
Finder's note 'At top of working face was trench about 3ft (0.9m) in depth filled with dark earth, ash and sherds, probably site of early 2nd century kiln' [1]
Drawings NCM (S1).
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
1943. In gravel pit east of Pound Lane (see discoveries of 1938/9) S. S. and D. H. S. Frere excavated stokehole of kiln and mound much under or over fired pottery of Claudian date.
Largely local butt-beakers rouletting; jars; occasional sharply carinated beaker, imitation Galo-Belgic platters; 1 fragment Samian F18? several pieces of fire bar: small bit of clay structure probably corner of flue nearest stoke-hole - rest had disappeared. Fair amount of charcoal, black layer ashes, extended beyond excavated area, soil very dry. Definite stratigraphy only noted once - thin layer of gravel found as if wall of pit had collapsed (Frere's notes)
NCM 68.954 (S2), (S3).
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCN).
Monument Types
- IRON WORKING SITE? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- POTTERY KILN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- POTTERY WORKS (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
Associated Finds
- KILN WASTE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NE 14. |
| --- | 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 - Roman. Thorpe St Andrew [3]. |
| --- | Monograph: Swan, V. G.. 1984. The Pottery Kilns of Roman Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments Supplementary Series. 5. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Wake, T. 1942. Some Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVIII Pt I pp 23-30. p 27. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: 1944. [unknown]. Journal of Roman Studies. Vol XXXIV, p 80. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Gregory, T. 1979. Early Romano-British Pottery Production at Thorpe St. Andrew, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVII Pt II pp 202-207. |
| <S4> | Illustration: Unknown. 1938-9. Drawings of Roman pottery sherds.. Film. 1:1. |
| <S5> | Illustration: Unknown. 1938-9. Drawings of Roman pottery sherds.. Film. 1:1. |
| <S6> | Illustration: Unknown. 1938-9. Drawings of Roman pottery shard.. Film. 1:1. |
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