Record Details

NHER Number:23281
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherds

Summary

Fenland fieldwalking here in 1986 recovered various medieval and Late Saxon pottery sherds along with fragments of shell and bone.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 5614 1879
Map Sheet:TF51NE
Parish:TILNEY ALL SAINTS, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

28 November 1986. Fenland fieldwalking, weathered soil and young cereal.
Context 1: general scatter odd medieval sherds. Site TYS CH.
Context 2: at location [1]. On edge of green. Concentration medieval pot sparse, shell sparse, couple of bone fragments. 40m north-south x 25m east-west at 3.1m OD. Site TYS 57.
Context 3: at location [2]. On very slight ridge. Concentration of Late Saxon sherds sparse to moderate, shell very sparse and bone moderate. 44m east-west x 30m north-south at 2.7m OD. Site TYS 58.
Finds held by NCM.
R. Silvester (NAU) 29 November 1986.

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

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Undated)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS 57. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS 58. FENS.
---*Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. TYS CH. FENS.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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