Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21438 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman settlement |
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Summary
Prehistoric pot boilers, Iron Age pottery, Roman tile and pottery, and medieval and post medieval pottery found during fieldwalking. This is the site of part of a linear Roman settlement.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8528 0037 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF80SE |
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| Parish: | GREAT CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1985 or before. Surface collection in restricted area.
Roman greyware; 3 jar rims, 1 bowl rim, 5 sherds.
Oxfordshire parchment ware mortarium 3rd to 4th century, rim.
East Anglian mortarium, rim fragment.
Nene Valley colourcoated 4th century, 1 sherd.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU)
A. Rogerson (NAU) May 1985.
1986 to 1987. Fieldwalking of whole field.
This is context 9 at 8510 0030. Correction suggested by finder.
Prehistoric pot boilers.
Iron Age sherds.
Roman tile and sherds.
Medieval and post medieval sherds.
See details in file for NHER 24669.
E. Rose (NAU) 12 July 1988.
(S1) describes as part of a linear Roman settlement that extends across parts of four fields. Pot and building material suggests this was a prosperous rural settlement. A well-marked bank and ditch extends from north to south through part of the site.
See (S1).
M. Dennis (NLA), 4 May 2006.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- BURNT MOUND (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TILE (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
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Davison, A. 1994. The Field Archaeology of Bodney and the Stanta Extension. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 57-79. p 60. |
Related records
| 24669 | Related to: Roman settlement (Monument) |
| 24698 | Related to: Roman settlement (Monument) |
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