Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35423 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Iron Age pit and multi-period finds |
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Summary
An archaeological watching brief during the construction of a reservoir recorded an Iron Age pit containing pottery, a sandstone saddle quern stone and flint rubbing stones. Other finds include Roman coins, Roman tile, a 14th century buckle and a post medieval thimble.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 75 94 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79SE |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 2000. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping for new reservoir.
Iron Age pit containing pottery, sandstone saddle quernstone and flint rubbing stone found.
Prehistoric struck flint, Iron Age sherds, Roman coin (copper alloy follis of Licinius I 308 to 324), possible fragment of Romano-British Imbrex, copper alloy 14th-century strap buckle, post-medieval copper alloy thimble and unidentified lead fragments also found.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2018.273).
S. Underdown (NAU), 22 August 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 April 2015 and 15 April 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- PIT (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
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- BLADE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FLAKE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. 1-4. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Underdown, S. 2000. Notes on an Archaeological Watching Brief at Spring Lodge Farm, Methwold. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. |
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