Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12557 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of shale mine, medieval pottery sherds |
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Summary
This is the site of the shale mine which supplied the oil refinery at NHER 12556. Fieldwalking in 1987 recovered sherds of medieval pottery, mainly from the eastern side of the field.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 624 145 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61SW |
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| Parish: | WEST WINCH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of oil mine.
Shale oil extracted at site NHER 12556 from shale mined here 1918-1930.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 1977.
31 March 1987. Field now under young cereal.
Fenland fieldwalking found odd sherds medieval pottery, mainly to east. WHW AT (S2).
Finds in NCM.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see Fenland Folders (S3).
R. Silvester (NAU), 3 April 1987.
Monument Types
- MINE (World War One to Modern - 1918 AD? to 1930 AD?)
Associated Finds
- 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. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Fisher, C. 1977. Norfolk Oil: A note. Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol II No 2 pp 37-38. |
| <S2> | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. WHW AT. FENS. |
| <S3> | Archive: Fenland Folders. |
Related records
| 12556 | Part of: West Winch (Setchey) oilfield (Monument) |
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