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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 6233 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | MESOLITHIC FLINTS & LATE IRON AGE POTTERY, EAST OF SOUTH MIMMS CASTLE, POTTERS BAR |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 230 025 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL20SW |
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| Parish: | Hertsmere (Non Civil Parish), Hertsmere, Hertfordshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 8500 BC to 4501 BC)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 49 AD)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 20625: SOUTH MIMMS MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE
Full description
A sherd from a late Iron Age platter, 3 Iron Age sherds (thought at first to be possibly Saxon - but see below), and Mesolithic flints (blades and flakes) found during observation of the cutting of a drainage ditch alongside the western carriageway of the A1(M), between TL 2305 0260 (N) and 2306 0250 (S), during the construction of the motorway <1, 5, 6, 7>.
The three 'Iron Age' sherds are from a large grog-tempered jar and are contemporary with the late Iron Age plate sherd; the plate is a local variant of pre-conquest copies of imported plates and was probably made at Verulamium. The two vessels date to c.AD 20-50 <4>.
Information from Stephen Castle, Letter, Feb 1981 (Unpublished document). SHT5014.
<1> Information from Brian Warren, 4.3.99 (Unpublished document). SHT5070.
<2> Castle, Stephen, 1981-3, Archaeological survey of Hertsmere (Unpublished document). SHT7589.
<4> Pers. comm. Dr Isobel Thompson, 5.12.2011 (Verbal communication). SHT8643.
<5> Warren, Brian, 2012, South Mimms Castle observations 1977-79, A1(M) Cecil Road-Roestock Green (part 1); Potters Bar & Distorict Hist Soc Newsletter 28/3 (May 2012), 7-9, - including photos (Article in serial). SHT2910.
<6> Warren, Brian, 2013, South Mimms Castle observations 1977-79 A1(M) Cecil Road-Roestock Green (part 3 of 3); Potters Bar & District Historical Society Newsletter vol.29/2 (Jan 2013), 8-11 (Article in serial). SHT5765.
<7> Kent, John, Renn, Derek, & Streeten, Anthony, 2013, Excavations at South Mimms Castle, Hertfordshire, 1960-91, - p25-6 (Bibliographic reference). SHT4074.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished document: Information from Stephen Castle. Letter, Feb 1981. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: Information from Brian Warren. 4.3.99. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Castle, Stephen. 1981-3. Archaeological survey of Hertsmere. |
| <4> | Verbal communication: Pers. comm. Dr Isobel Thompson. 5.12.2011. |
| <5> | Article in serial: Warren, Brian. 2012. South Mimms Castle observations 1977-79, A1(M) Cecil Road-Roestock Green (part 1); Potters Bar & Distorict Hist Soc Newsletter 28/3 (May 2012), 7-9. - including photos. |
| <6> | Article in serial: Warren, Brian. 2013. South Mimms Castle observations 1977-79 A1(M) Cecil Road-Roestock Green (part 3 of 3); Potters Bar & District Historical Society Newsletter vol.29/2 (Jan 2013), 8-11. |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Kent, John, Renn, Derek, & Streeten, Anthony. 2013. Excavations at South Mimms Castle, Hertfordshire, 1960-91. - p25-6. |
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