Record Details
NHER Number: | 29234 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Undated, prehistoric, medieval, post-medieval and modern finds |
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Summary
Fieldwalking during the 1980s recovered prehistoric worked flint and burnt flint as well as medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds, while a test pit excavated in 2014 recovered post-medieval to modern finds including ceramic building material, glass and a sherd of pottery. Archaeologically significant deposits were not reached.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 9744 1663 |
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Map Sheet: | TF91NE |
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Parish: | GRESSENHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1980s. Finds.
A flint blade, small pot boiler chips, an early medieval bowl rim, three medieval unglazed pottery sherds, post medieval pottery, and a fragment of a quern stone were recovered from river dredging (context 1). Additional pot boilers found in molehills indicate the presence of a potboiler 'site' in the meadow (context 2, at TF 9730 1655).
See List in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 October 1992.
2014. Test Pit.
A 1m by 1m test pit was excavated by young visitors to Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse museum as part of the Festival of Archaeology 2014 and under the supervision of a member of the Historic Environment Service. Only the topsoil was excavated and not archaeologically significant deposits were encountered. Finds recovered included a sherd of post-medieval white-ware pottery, fragments of post-medieval ceramic building material, burnt flint, clinker and a sherd of post-medieval/modern glass.
See unpublished report (S1) and unpublished document (S2).
A. Beckham (HES), 31 August 2021.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
- BURNT MOUND (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (20th Century - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)
Associated Finds
- QUERN (Undated)
- BLADE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
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<S1> | Unpublished Report: Beckham, A. 2021. Fieldwork Report: The Water Meadow, Union Farm, Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Gressenhall. Excavation Report. |
<S2> | Unpublished Document: Beckham, A. 2014. Test Pit Recording Form. Fieldwork records. |
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