Record Details

NHER Number:33757
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman, medieval and post medieval finds

Summary

Observation of excavations in advance of the erection of new electricity pylons found no features but did recover late 1st to 4th century AD Roman pottery and 16th to 18th century pottery and one piece of medieval brick.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3416 0254
Map Sheet:TG30SW
Parish:CARLETON ST PETER, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

April-July 1998. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks for replacement of electricity pylon towers (PPA 44).
Roman pottery sherds.
Medieval brick.
Post-medieval pottery sherds.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA) 5 January 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 April 2015.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Undated)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 1999. Report on a Watching Brief on the Trowse to Thurlton Pylon Replacement Scheme. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 469.
<S2>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1999. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 369-387. p 381.

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