Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12449 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval pottery finds |
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Summary
Fragments of a medieval jar and dish were found in 1976 during ditch clearance. Also found were pieces of undated worked timber.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 3900 9167 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39SE |
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| Parish: | GELDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
5 May 1976.
Sherds of sagging based jar and sagging based spouted dish found in cleaning out ditch 2m below surface (1m below water table) with fragments of worked timber.
Both sherds in hard grey slightly sandy fabric, perhaps 12th or 13th century.
A. Rogerson and A. Lawson (NAU).
See drawings (S1) in file, from NCM, and marked 12449 so probably the vessels referred to above.
D. Gurney (NLA), 29 December 2000.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 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: Finds Illustrations. |
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