NHER 12725 (Monument record) - Earthworks of possible drainage ditches, Late Bronze Age hammer, Roman coin

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Summary

Aerial photography in 1946 recorded some possible earthworks, although they may be drainage ditches. Metal detecting in 2001 and 2006 recovered a Roman coin and a Late Bronze Age socketed hammer.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL99NW
Civil Parish THOMPSON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1946. Thompson: earthworks seen in this field on an RAF aerial photograph - informant, 1977.
Ordnance Survey card says only drainage ditches.
Field under wheat at time of visit; no obvious indications of earthworks except two old pits.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 July 1982.

May/June 2001. Metal detecting. [1]
Roman coin.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 July 2001.

June/July 2006. metal-detecting.
1 Late Bronze Age socketed hammer.
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA), See description and drawing (S1) in the Illustration Library.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 August 2006.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 20 February 2014.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 99 NW 19.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2006. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed hammer.. Film. 2:1.
  • HAMMER (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 26 2022 7:37AM

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