NHER 10126 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds, Stubb's Green
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM29NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SHOTESHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1971. Context 2 at above grid reference. [1].
Stoneware witch bottle without mask found on site of old cottage, shown on 1838 1st edition 1in OS but not on 2nd edition 6in.
Walls of clay lump and flint found.
Other bottles which contained nine bronze pins and a nail, all bent, fragments of iron nails; the tops of these bottles were sealed with clay. Also a groat, a jetton, 19th century inkwells and bootblacking bottles. Also a stone plaque, 23 x 30cm (9 x 12in) inscribed 11 T E APRIL 1691 (probably; but might be 1601).
See drawing (S1).
NCM record by T. Clough (NAU) and other information from NCM.
September 1987. Metal-detecting. Context 1. [2].
General scatter over house site and surrounding field.
Bronze ferrule, possibly Roman.
Post-medieval bronze latch and part of ?padlock.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM) 29 September 1987.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
- --- SNF89829 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Shotesham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF94414 Illustration: Milligan, W. 1971. Drawing of a witch bottle and contents. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (13)
- FERRULE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOTTLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CEREMONIAL OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- LATCHLIFTER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- NAIL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- NAIL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PADLOCK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PLAQUE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WITCH BOTTLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 29 2020 12:49PM