NHER 17830 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric, Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

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Summary

In 1981 fieldwalking here recovered a small assemblage of prehistoric worked flints, including cores, flakes and a small number of retouched flakes. Although a date was not suggested for these finds when they were first examined it is possibly that they were Mesolithic or Neolithic. Metal-detecting in 2018 and 2020 recovered a Late Saxon/medieval schist hone or whetstone; a Roman pottery sherd; medieval to post-medieval coin and a number of other metal objects, including a Roman copper alloy bead; Late Saxon/medieval lead weight; medieval buckles and a harness pendant; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and post-medieval buckles.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG10NW
Civil Parish	GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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October 1981. Fieldwalking.
Found on surface of ploughed field on line of former boundary (Context 1; finder's Site No. 210f):
10 prehistoric small flint flakes, 11 larger flakes, 3 retouched flakes, 5 cores and core fragments.
Condition of flint mixed - some patinated, some battered.
Finds donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.32.18).
Identified and compiled by A. Lawson (NAU), January 1982.
Information from (S1).
Although no date was suggested for these flints, according to (S1) an NCM record map has the note "Mesolithic? and Neolithic flint DGW NCM" written on this location.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 March 2014.

June-September 2018. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman pottery sherd.
Late Saxon/medieval hone stone or whetstone of pale grey micaceous schist, and a weight.
Medieval buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Post-medieval buckles.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Original extent recorded as Context 1.
A. Beckham (HES), 18 September 2018. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 5 November 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 4 February 2024.

April-October 2020. Metal-detecting. [3].
Roman copper alloy annular bead.
Medieval harness pendant.
1 medieval/post-medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 February 2024 and 1 September 2024.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (15)

CORE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC)
BEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
WEIGHT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1500 AD)
WHETSTONE (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1529 AD to 1541 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1582 AD to 1582 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 26 2025 12:14PM