Record Details

NHER Number:23126
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval pottery sherds, just west of Station Road

Summary

Fenland fieldwalking here in 1986 recovered medieval pottery sherds along with a few bits of bone and shell. This site is situated on the edge of the former medieval green.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 5715 1901
Map Sheet:TF51NE
Parish:TILNEY ALL SAINTS, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Fenland fieldwalking weathered ploughsoil.
Concentration of medieval sherds moderate, with few bits of bone and shell. On edge of medieval green 45m east-west x 30m north-south at 2.4m OD. Site TYS 54. Also one Late Saxon sherd.
Finds held by NCM, formerly by member of the public [1].
R. Silvester (NAU) 29 November 1986.

For full details of wares, flint types etc see Fenland Folders.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Undated)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS 54. FENS.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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