Record Details

NHER Number:23353
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds scatter

Summary

Fieldwalking in advance of the Dickleburgh bypass development recovered fragments of possible Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval pottery from this area. Animal bone, a 15th or 16th century knife cap and undated lava quern, a lead weight and two post medieval coins were also recovered.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 1646 8173
Map Sheet:TM18SE
Parish:DICKLEBURGH AND RUSHALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Winter 1986. Fieldwalking on line of bypass. 'Field 14' and other plots in field, see text in file.
Medieval to post medieval sherds.
Glass vessel fragment.
See file for details.
Finder [1].
I.D. A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 19 February 1987.

April 1990. Fieldwork on bypass line.
Iron Age?, Roman, medieval, post medieval sherds. See file for details.
Animal bone.
Copper alloy 15th/16th century knife end cap.
Lava quern.
Lead weight.
Post medieval coins.
Information from [2].
I.D. A. Rogerson (NAU).
D. Gurney (NAU) 23 August 1990.

November 1992-January 1993. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field Survey on route of Scole-Dickleburgh road improvement (Fields 3777 and 5473):
Permanent grass - detected.
No finds.
See report (S1) for further details. See also report on desk-based evaluation of the road's proposed route (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 31 March 2015.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
  • QUERN (Undated)
  • VESSEL (Undated)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. and Tester, A. 1993. Report of Fieldwork in Norfolk and Suffolk on the Scole-Dickleburgh Road Improvement. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 43.
<S2>Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, P. 1992. Report of the Archaeological Evaluation of the Scole-Dickleburgh Road Improvement. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 41.

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