NHER 16308 (Monument record) - Undated pit, Neolithic to Bronze Age scraper, flakes and Roman coin

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Summary

A Neolithic to Bronze Age pointed scraper was found on the surface of this field. Fieldwalking and metal detecting in advance of the Norwich southern bypass found two Bronze Age flint flakes, a Roman coin and an undated pit with burnt material.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11SW
Civil Parish EASTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1979 to 1980. Context 2. Found on surface of ploughed field.
Pointed flint scraper of Neolithic or Bronze Age date.
Identified by F. Healy (NAU), 15 July 1980.
A. Gregory 15 July 1980.

February 1987. Fieldwalking in advance of Norwich Southern Bypass. 'Field 9/10'. Context 1.
Two flint flakes.
For full details of finds, including modern items not included in record, weather conditions, etc. see (S1) and (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 23 March 1990.

1991 to 1992. Watching Brief. Norwich Southern Bypass. Sites 10 and 11
Pit with burnt material also Context 2.
Roman coin Context 3 at 1330 1102.
See unpublished document (S1) for further details.
See published monograph (S2) for summary of watching brief work.
E. Rose (NLA), July 1992

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief: Site Lists and Annotated Maps.
  • <S2> Monograph: Ashwin, T. and Bates S. 2000. Norwich Southern Bypass, Part I: Excavations at Bixley, Caistor St Edmund, Trowse. East Anglian Archaeology. No 91. pp 210-216.
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Oct 2 2025 10:44AM

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