Record Details

NHER Number:37163
Type of record:Monument
Name:Iron Age ditch, Roman and medieval finds

Summary

Fieldwalking on part of this field recovered Late Iron Age pottery fragments. A small excavation recorded Late Iron Age pottery within the upper fills of an east to west ditch. Metal-detecting in 2009 recovered medieval coins.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 86 15
Map Sheet:TF81NE
Parish:GREAT DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

May to June 2002. Fieldwalking and excavation.
One small trench in southeast part of field produced late Iron Age sherds in profusion on surface of set aside and in situ in upper filling of east to west ditch.
Whole field to be surveyed by fieldwalking. See [1].
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 June 2002.

Before 22 December 2008. Metal detecting.
Roman coin and medieval ring.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson, (NLA), 26 June 2009.

Before 13 July 2009. Metal-detecting.
Two medieval coins. No further details are available.
See [2].
A. Rogerson (HES), 14 January 2010.

2018-2020. Metal-detecting. [3].
ENF146957 - PAS details to follow.
See distribution maps (S1).
E. McDonald (HES), 21 October 2020.

Monument Types

  • DITCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Crace, G.. 2019. Find Heatmaps by Period for the North and South of the River Nar Metal-detecting Project. Finder's map.

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