Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25000 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Roman settlement |
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Summary
Fragments of Roman pottery recovered during fieldwalking suggest that this is the site of a Roman settlement, one of a number of similar sites identified along the course of the Fen Causeway Roman road (NHER 2796).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 5343 9979 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL59NW |
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| Parish: | NORDELPH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Context 1. 1 sherd Roman pottery in centre of field at grid reference given to whole of NDH AG.
A few sherds close to south-east corner of field at TL 5351 9968.Conditions good, weathered soil, young cereal.
Context 2 at TL 5338 9963. Concentration of Roman pottery (moderate) but not bone or shell recognised. On slight mound. Soil gravel. 45m east-west x 42m north-south. Conditions good, well-weathered soil, young cereal.
R. Silvester (NAU) 16 December 1988.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
(S2) records this as the site of a Roman settlement dating from the 2nd to 4th centuries, one of a number of similar sites identified along the course of the Fen Causeway Roman road (NHER 2796).
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 2 August 2006
Monument Types
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NDH 9. FENS. |
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. NDH AG. FENS. |
| <S1> | Archive: Fenland Folders. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52. p 109. |
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