Record Details

NHER Number:25945
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Site of possible Roman kiln and multi-period finds

Summary

Fieldwalking in this area from 1990 onwards has identified the site of a possible Roman kiln and recovered numerous objects. Finds include Mesolithic, Neolithic, Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age, Late Bronze/Early Iron Age and undatable prehistoric worked flints; possible Roman kiln furniture and medieval and post medieval floor and roof tiles. In addition, sherds of Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery have been found here.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 0048 3825
Map Sheet:TG03NW
Parish:FIELD DALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

March 1990. Fieldwalking. The Cottage Field, Hard Farm.
Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds.
See list and 1:2500 plot (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 22 August 1990.

February/April 1997. Gridded fieldwalking, list in file.
1:2500 plan (S1) in file.
Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
A few flint flakes.
Medieval/post medieval floor tile.
Medieval and post medieval roofing tile.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 December 1997.

June 1999. Field observation. Further fieldwalking.
See plan (S1) and list of finds in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 July 2000.

February to March 2001. Fieldwalking. The Cottage Field. Further gridded fieldwalking.
Many worked flints, Iron Age sherds and ceramic finds of other periods.
See lists, 1:2500 plan and plans of distributions (S2) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 May 2002.

See secondary file for NHER 32746 for two plots of flint distributions (S1) as recorded up to 2 March 2001.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 24 September 2002.

Fragments of fired clay found February/March 2001 in squares C7 and E8 may be parts of Roman kiln fire bars.
See amended list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 February 2003.

See plans of 2001 finds distributions (S2) and drawing of polished flint axe (S3) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 March 2003.

February-March 2004. Systematic Fieldwalking.
1 Late Mesolithic flint microlith. See sketch in file.
1 ?Mesolithic flint ?microblade core.
Prehistoric flints.
Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Post medieval brick.
Lava quern fragments, iron slag.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM) and other object by A. Rogerson (NLA). See lists, notes and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 May 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 July 2014.

February 2006. Fieldwalking.
Prehistoric, probably Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, worked flints.
Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds.
See lists and notes in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 November 2006.

December 2006 - January 2007. Non-gridded fieldwalking.
Late prehistoric worked flints; 1 Romano British and a few Medieval and Post-Medieval sherds; possibly Medieval lava quern fragments.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 September 2008.

August 2014. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 33. Site extended to whole field. [1].
DT082014 - Details to follow.
For additional low grade finds not recorded by HES see (S4) in file.
A. Beckham (HES), 14 October 2014.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KILN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
  • QUERN (Unknown date)
  • QUERN (Unknown date)
  • SLAG (Unknown date)
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE CORE? (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
  • MICROLITH (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • CORE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • KNIFE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • TRIAL PIECE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BORER (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
  • KNIFE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
  • CORE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
  • FLAKE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
  • KNIFE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
  • TRIAL PIECE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • KILN FURNITURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • QUERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1135 AD to 1145 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1189 AD to 1200 AD)
  • BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FLOOR TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1604 AD to 1604 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
---Photograph: 25945 F2 ?Flemish tile.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Map: Finder's Map..
<S2>Unpublished Document: Hotblack, T.E.. 2001. Fieldwalking notes and plot.
<S3>Illustration: Hotblack, T. E.. 2001. Sketch of a Neolithic incomplete polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
<S4>Unpublished Document: Discovery Tours. 2014. Discovery Tours Low Grade Material Record Sheet. Field No. 33.

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