Record Details
| NHER Number: | 29047 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman pit containing kiln debris and an undated pit |
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Summary
Two pits were found in the early 1990s during a watching brief on the line of the Norwich Southern Bypass. One contained a lot of Roman pottery sherds and debris from a pottery kiln, suggesting that a kiln may have been located nearby. The second pit contained evidence for burning and no dating evidence, although it may have been prehistoric in date.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1574 1036 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11SE |
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| Parish: | COSTESSEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1991 to 1992. Watching Brief. Norwich Southern Bypass. Site 16A-B.
Possible Prehistoric pit.
Roman pit with pottery and kiln waste.
See unpublished document (S1) for further details.
See published monograph (S2) for summary of watching brief work.
E. Rose (NLA), July 1992.
September 2005.
The kiln waste and pottery in the Roman pit suggests that a pottery kiln may have been located nearby.
The possible prehistoric pit contained evidence for burning and no dating evidence.
See (S1).
D. Robertson (NLA), 16 September 2005.
Monument Types
- PIT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POTTERY KILN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- KILN FURNITURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief: Site Lists and Annotated Maps. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Ashwin, T. and Bates S. 2000. Norwich Southern Bypass, Part I: Excavations at Bixley, Caistor St Edmund, Trowse. East Anglian Archaeology. No 91. pp 210-216. |
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