Record Details

NHER Number:12700
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Saxon pottery

Summary

Fragments of an almost complete Late Saxon pot of unusual type were found in a disused gravel pit on Barrow Common.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7903 4282
Map Sheet:TF74SE
Parish:BRANCASTER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

July 1977.
Found in fallen soil below south face of old gravel pit on Barrow Common.
Thetford type ware cooking pot, in fragments, not all there. Suspension holes in rim; unusual form and fabric.
See (S1).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Unknown. 1977. Drawing of a Late Saxon pot.. Card. 1:1.

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