NHER 17608 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds and undated smelting residue

Possible remnants of medieval ridge and furrow visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of this location are now recorded as NHER 68177.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 March 2024.

March 1968. Casual Observation.
Observed at [1] (Context 1):
Patch of black bituminous smelting residue.
Noted on King's Lynn Museum record map (S1).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU) 2 October 1981. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 March 2024.

25 October 1983. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Context 2. General scatter of section of field.
East of a lynchet down to valley. No finds west of lynchet.
1 gritty prehistoric sherd.
1 Roman greyware.
6 unglazed, mostly medieval.
1 handle and 1 sherd glazed Grimston.
3 fragments medieval roofing tile (sample of light spread).
1 flint tool.
Identified and compiled by A. Rogerson (NAU) February 1984. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 March 2024.

June 2022-November 2023. Metal-detecting. [2].
5 Roman coins.
1 post-medieval token.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 3.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 April 2025.