Record Details

NHER Number:13955
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period pottery finds

Summary

Fragments of Roman, Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery were found on the surface of a field in 1978.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 2229 9444
Map Sheet:TM29SW
Parish:MORNINGTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

13 to 14 September 1978.
On surface of east part of field drilled for grass to be permanent pasture. Nineteen flint flakes, two Roman greyware rims, three hand made body sherds, probably Early Saxon. Two other very small possibly same, one rim probably Thetford type ware. Fifty abraded medieval to Post medieval coarse and glazed sherds, some of which could be Roman. Location of Early Saxon sherds was exactly at grid reference given and is accurately plotted on 25 inch map in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU) and Mrs. S. Addington.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 1000000 BC to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 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.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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