Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20840 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Find Spot |
|---|
| Name: | Undated animal bone, Roman and medieval pottery sherds |
|---|
Summary
Fieldwalking in 1984 by the Fenland Survey recovered a number of Roman and medieval pottery sherds, as well as some fragments of undated animal bone.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 5263 1558 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TF51NW |
|---|
| Parish: | TERRINGTON ST JOHN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
29 October 1984. Fieldwalking in good conditions, weathered soil, young cereal.
Context 2 at grid reference: sparse scatter Roman pottery adjacent to dyke and at base of small roddon. Odd fragments of bone 34m north to south x 13m east to west.
Finds in NCM.
Identified and compiled by R. J. Silvester (NAU).
31 October 1984. Remainder of field walked (TSJ B1) in good conditions.
Context 1: general scatter pottery mainly Roman at least one medieval, small group Roman in southeast corner.
Context 3: at 5269 1553. Extension of site NHER 20278/ context 4 across dyke. Sparse spread Roman sherds, odd fragment bone; 47m north to south by 15m east to west on top roddon. No obvious features in dyke side. (TSJ 19).
Other details all as context 2.
R. J. Silvester (NAU), 31 October 1984.
NB Context 1, general scatter, now includes former site NHER 20264 which was only part of this general scatter of Roman sherds found by R. Silvester (NAU), 6 March 1984.
E. Rose (NAU), 9 November 1984
For full details of wares, flint types etc see Fenland Folders (S1).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TSJ 19. FENS. |
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TSJ 28. FENS. |
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TSJ B1. FENS. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Archive: Fenland Folders. |
Related records - none
Find out more...