Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8700 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age pottery |
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Summary
Pieces of a globular pot dating to about 300 BC were found in a gravel pit. Other pieces of Iron Age or possibly Early Saxon pottery were also discovered.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9221 0856 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90NW |
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| Parish: | BRADENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1941. Stray Find.
Found in gravel pit, in pieces:
1 ?Iron Age globular pottery vessel. Iron Age A2 - about 300 BC (or Early Saxon?). See rough sketch (S1).
This discovery was noted in (S2) and the pot itself was donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1941.106).
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 January 2015.
Map says found 1937.
See OS record card, (S4).
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Early Saxon - 800 BC to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: [Unknown]. Rough sketch of an Iron Age (or possibly Early Saxon) pottery vessel from Bradenham. Paper. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Wake, T. 1942. Some Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVIII Pt I pp 23-30. p 26. |
| <S3> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Bradenham. |
| <S4> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 NW 6 [2]; TF 90 NW 19. |
Related records - none
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