Record Details

NHER Number:21383
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval and post medieval pottery sherds

Summary

Fenland fieldwalking here in 1985 recovered various sherds of medieval pottery. Subsequent excavations in 1998 discovered pieces of medieval brick/roof tile, post medieval pottery sherds and metalwork (the latter recorded under NHER 22416).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 5743 1919
Map Sheet:TF51NE
Parish:TILNEY ALL SAINTS, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

15 April 1985. Fenland fieldwalking.
Odd sherds medieval pottery mostly from southwest corner of field. Site TYS AK.
Finds held by NCM.
R. J. Silvester (NAU) 29 May 1985.

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

April-June 1998. Watching Brief.
King's Lynn to Sutton Bridge Trunk Water Main (Plot 6).
Medieval and post medieval sherds,
Post medieval metal items.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.38 and NWHCM : 2017.417).
E. Rose (NAU), 7 January 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2015 and 17 May 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS AK. FENS.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Fiche: Exists.
<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1998. King's Lynn to Sutton Bridge Trunk Water Main. Archaeological Survey and Watching Brief. Part II. Topsoil Strip Watching Brief: Finds Collection, Metal Detecting and Excavation. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 364.

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22416Related to: Medieval and post medieval finds, Sutton Bridge to Kings Lynn water pipeline (Find Spot)

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