Record Details

NHER Number:36579
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval pottery find

Summary

A large piece of medieval pottery was found on the beach in 2001.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 0920 4417
Map Sheet:TG04SE
Parish:SALTHOUSE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October 2001.
Found on shingle beach in mud exposed by sea, near low water line.
Large basal sherd, slightly sagging, of large bowl in profusely shelly fabric, reduced, with sooting internally and externally.
Not a 'local' product. Probably from Potter Hanworth, Lincolnshire.
13th or 14th century.
Diameter of basal angle 340mm.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 November 2001.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Publication: Fiddian, V. (ed). 2003. Salthouse. The story of a Norfolk Village.

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