NHER 11401 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG32NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LESSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1976. Stray Find.
Ploughed up on small sandy hillock:
1 Mesolithic chipped flint axe with apparent left-handed tranchet. Dimensions 16.8cm by 5.5cm. Triangular section. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1976.377).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU).
Information from (S1).
First reported in (S2) and subsequently described by R. Jacobi as a 'Norfolk-type' Mesolithic tranchet adze (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 June 2014.
September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age quartize pebble mace with 'hour-glass' perforation. These objects are not closely datable, having been found in both Mesolithic and later prehistoric contexts.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended 140m to the south-west. Previously mapped as a point at [2].
A. Beckham (HES), 14 October 2014. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 February 2021.
October-November 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval thimble.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2015.
December 2015-January 2016. Metal-detecting. [4].
3 Roman coins.
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2016.
March-April 2017. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 May 2017.
June-July 2018. Metal-detecting. [6].
Post-medieval strap fitting.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 September 2018.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (10)
- PEBBLE MACE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 260 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 260 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 296 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
- THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1609 AD to 1610 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 23 2023 11:08AM