Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20129 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two bunker and multi-period pottery |
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Summary
This is the site of a large military bunker, probably dating from World War Two. Fragments of pottery dating from the late prehistoric to the post medieval period have been found by fieldwalking.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 718 042 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF70SW |
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| Parish: | BARTON BENDISH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
10 November 1983. Subdivision of 100 sq.m. cultivated, poor conditions. Site 108.
3 sherds flint gritted prehistoric.
3 sherds probably Roman greyware.
1 base Roman oxydised.
4 sherds unglazed probably medieval.
1 base, 1 sherd glazed red earthenware.
1 sherd post medieval slip decorated.
Identified A. Rogerson (NAU) February 1984.
Site contains a huge underground bunker, probably from World War Two.
A. Rogerson (NAU), May 1990.
Monument Types
- UNDERGROUND MILITARY HEADQUARTERS (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Barton Bendish Survey. 108. BB. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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