NHER 12880 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and multi-period pottery sherds

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Summary

In 1977 a large number of medieval pottery sherds were found on the ground surface here. Subsequently, in 2005, a variety of other objects were found on site and these comprised a Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint scraper, a prehistoric flint blade and pieces of Roman and Late Saxon pottery.

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Location

Map sheet	TG03NW
Ecclesiastical	SAXLINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	FIELD DALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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5 October 1977. Field east of church, south of Heydon Hall ruins.
On surface of field which showed signs of recent disturbance as if a pit had been filled in.
Forty-six sherds, all apparently medieval.
A. Rogerson (NAU), October 1979.

Grid reference corrected, 29 June 1979.

2005. Surface finds.
Probably Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age scraper, prehistoric flint blade.
Roman, Late Saxon and medieval sherds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 April 2006.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (5)

BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Oct 16 2023 3:09PM