Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7028 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age hearth, medieval to post medieval pottery sherds |
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Summary
Fieldwalking in 1960s to 1970s recovered medieval and post medieval pottery sherds, glazed brick fragments, and slag fragments, as well as a number of prehistoric flint objects. In 1964 at least one hearth was excavated and found to contain Late Bronze Age or Iron Age material.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 326 312 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG33SW |
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| Parish: | WITTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
OS field 171.
Context 1: 1960s to 1970s, surface collection. Medieval and post medieval pottery sherds, glazed brick fragments, slag fragments. Prehistoric flint objects.
Context 2: Flint side scraper, two flakes, one hammerstone.
Context 3: Flint core.
Context 4: 1964. Excavation of hearths with Bronze Age or Iron Age material. Surface collections also. Removal of ploughsoil revealed the remains of a hearth of pebbles around 75cm in diameter. A number of vessles were also noted, suggesting an Early Iron Age date. More than one hearth?
Context 5: Early Bronze Age pottery sherds, prehistoric sherds, flint flakes and scraper.
See list in file and (S1).
R. Fillery-Travis (NLA), 10 September 2007.
Monument Types
- HEARTH (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 401 BC)
Associated Finds
- BRICK (Undated)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- HAMMERSTONE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Witton. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Witton [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Witton. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Witton. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Witton - NHER 7055. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Lawson, A. J. 1983. The Archaeology of Witton, near North Walsham. East Anglian Archaeology. No 18. |
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