Monument record DUN 012 - Medieval artefact scatter, including a pitcher, pottery sherds and a leather shoe sole.

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Summary

C13-C14 pottery including C13 pitcher (photograph IPSMG), C17 sherds, leather shoe sole.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 501 744 (100m by 100m) Centred on
Map sheet TM57SW
Civil Parish DUNWICH, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK
Civil Parish WALBERSWICK, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

C13-C14 pottery including C13 pitcher (photograph IPSMG), C17 sherds, leather shoe sole.
Further C13-C14 sherds and possible structures found 1967 at TM 5005 7438 approximately.
Previously recorded as Walberswick 006 and Southwold 003, actually sited in small detachment of Dunwich parish.

A pitcher and other 13th/14th and 17th century sherds were exposed at low tide. (Kilns were exposed during
erosion following floods of 1953). (S2)

(TM 50057438) A feature reported variously as a kiln with apsidal end and a row of rectangular huts, appeared briefly on the seaward side of a peat bar: early medieval pottery was recovered from the site. A trial excavation failed to locate any feature. (S3)

No trace of medieval occupation. The situation is a sand and shingle bar backed by salt marsh on an eroding coastline.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> Index: Ipswich Museum. IPSMG card. IPSMG, card 967-77, 1967.
  • <S2> Article in serial: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. 1959, vol. 28 pg96.
  • <S3> Article in serial: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. 1967-69, vol. 31 pg 82.
  • <S4> Source Unchecked: RCHME?. Various. Field Investigators Comments. F1 NKB 10-MAY-74.
  • <S5> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jul 20 2022 2:03PM

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