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1983. Context 1: Found in spoil for foundation trenches for new house.
One sherd seen and identified as reverted rim of Shouldham type jar.
A. Gregory (NAU), 30 November 1983.

1983-84. Context 2: More material, area extended to include scatter.
Sherds of Central Gaulish samian ware, Spanish globular amphora, mid-late 1st century AD wide mouthed bowl. Two tegula fragments and one flue tile fragment found on surface 150m east of trench.
Information from source [2] via source [1]. (For plan see NHER 11343.)
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
A. Gregory (NAU) March 1984.

August and October 1998. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey and Trial Trenching. Contexts 3-912.
Excavation of nine trenches and subsequent field survey.
Several Late Saxon and medieval ditches and pits found.
One Middle Saxon sherd; quantities of unusual Middle Saxon wares as well as Thetford wares.
Medieval and post medieval sherds.
Also, an odd roofing tile and prehistoric worked flint flakes.
Most of the excavated features dated from the 10th and 11th centuries and relating to land division.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.419).
E. Rose (NLA) 18 December 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2019.

January 1999. Fieldwalking.
Survey of well-weathered site.
No concentrations except for a rather weak medieval one in the north-west corner of the site.
NW corner: 21 medieval unglazed including Grimston, 2 glazed Grimston. Also many fragments of a very odd conglomerate, pan ?slag, ?hearth lining.
Rest of field: 1 jar rim, probably Middle Saxon, 9 Thetford type, 24 medieval unglazed sherds, 9 glazed Grimston, 1 medieval Langerwehe stoneware.
Slag.
See note in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 25 January 1999.

1999. Excavation.
Further excavation recorded evidence of Iron Age occupation and extensive Late Saxon activity, represented by numerous structural features.
Report awaited. The results of this work are briefly summarised in (S3).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.419).
D. Holburn (HES), 21 November 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2019.

Monument Types

• DITCH (Unknown date)
• PIT (Unknown date)
• DITCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• PIT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• POST HOLE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

• BRIQUETAGE (Unknown date)
• METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
• PLANT REMAINS (Unknown date)
• SLAG (Unknown date)
• UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
• FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• TEGULA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
• POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
• POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
• ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

• SHINE

Sources and further reading

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• Parish Summary: South Wootton (Parish Summary)