NHER 16141 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint and Roman to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Prehistoric and Bronze Age flint artefacts; sherds of Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery; a medieval/post-medieval weight and a post-medieval buckle have been recovered from the garden of this property as stray finds and through metal-detecting between 1980 and 2013.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG41NE
Civil Parish SOMERTON, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

1980. Found in garden.
Roman sherds.

1983.
Medieval sherds.
See list in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 9 May 1983.

1985.
Medieval sherds.

1986.
Roman, medieval, post medieval sherds.

1987.
Roman, Late Saxon, medieval sherds.

1989.
Bronze Age flint, Roman, medieval sherds.
E. Rose (NAU).

1991.
Flint flake/?blade. See file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 6 December 1991.

September 2001. Found in garden.
Roman and medieval pottery.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (NLA), 19 September 2001.

October 2001.
Roman and medieval pottery.
See list in file.
S. Ashley (NLA), 6 December 2001.

May 2002.
Further medieval and post medieval sherds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 June 2002.

September 2005. Metal detecting.
Roman and medieval sherds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 November 2005.

August - September 2006. Metal detecting.
One Roman and three medieval sherds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 22 October 2006.

June 2007. Metal detecting.
Romano-British sherd and post medieval buckle.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 July 2007.

March 2013. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole garden.[2].
Medieval or post-medieval lead 1/2 oz. avoirdupois weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2013.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 12 2025 10:49AM

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