Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23051 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Late Saxon and medieval features and finds |
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Summary
Fieldwalking in 1986 recovered a general scatter of medieval pottery fragments. Also noted was a low mound south of a sea defence (Sea Bank) that had a scatter of Late Saxon and early medieval pottery fragments. A trench excavation in 1992 showed that activity on the mound post dated the construction of the bank, which dates to around the 11th century.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 5873 2191 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF52SE |
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| Parish: | CLENCHWARTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
7 November 1986. Fenland fieldwalking. Field south of Sea Bank, southeast of Hall.
On young cereal, well weathered soil.
Context 1 general scatter medieval sherds CLE BL.
Context 2 at TF 5859 2206 low mound 40m northeast to southwest by 36m northwest to southeast, 0.7m high on top and spreading beyond to north and northwest, scatter of Late Saxon/early medieval pottery CLE 11.
R. Silvester (NAU), 10 November 1986
1989-1990. Fenland Evaluation Project.
Further work at Context 2. Auger hole drilled through centre of mound; sample of subsoil retained for analysis.
Pottery scatter resurveyed.
Dossier prepared for HBMC; copy in file. See (S1).
M. Leah (NAU), August 1990
August-September 1992. Excavation.
A section was cut across the seabank (2187), presumed to be late Saxon in date as part of the English Heritage Fenland Management Project. There were no traces of buried soil beneath the bank, which suggests that the features was directly built upon the mudflats possibly on the border between the flats and landward saltmarsh.Ditches and pits were found to contained medieval sherds, mostly predating Sea Bank which was shown to be of 12th century date here.
For full details see report in file and see (S2) for short summary.
M. Leah (NAU), 16 July 1993 amended by M. Langham-Lopez (HES), 28 June 2013.
FOR FULL DETAILS OF WARES, FLINT TYPES ETC SEE FENLAND FOLDERS.
Excavation revealed that the sea bank contained 11th century Thetford type ware; although this pottery does not necessarily date the original erection of the bank, it does provide an acceptable terminus post quern.
J. Allen (NLA).
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- POST HOLE (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- EARTHWORK (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FEATURE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- EARTHWORK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HEARTH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRIQUETAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PLANT REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. CLE 11. FENS. |
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. CLE BL. FENS. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1993. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1992. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt IV pp 522-532. p 525. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Nenk, B. S., Margeson, S. and Hurley, M. 1993. Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1992. Medieval Archaeology. Vol XXXVII pp 240-313. p 274. |
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