Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21217 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval occupation site |
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Summary
Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a concentration of Iron Age, Roman and medieval pot, bone and a few pebbles. These are indicative of medieval occupation.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7141 9511 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NW |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
3 March 1985. Fenland fieldwalking.
MTW 56.
Concentration of Iron Age pottery, sparse bone, few pebbles, some gravel. Soil slightly stained. Around 41 x 24m.
R.J. Silvester (NAU), 8 March 1985.
Also one Roman sherd and some medieval (archive).
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW 56. FENS. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52. |
| <S1> | Archive: Fenland Folders. |
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