NHER 17941 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints, Roman pottery sherds and medieval jetton

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Summary

Metal detecting in this area during 1981 recovered a jetton of Edward I. Subsequent fieldwalking in 2005 retrieved nine Roman pottery sherds and four Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint artefacts.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG11SE
Civil Parish	COSTESSEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1981. Metal detecting.
English jetton of Edwards I, late. Obverse: sterling head; border of pellets alternating with rosettes. Reverse: long cross patonce; in angles between arms rosette and 3 pellets. Border of rosettes alternating with pellets. Berry reverse type 6B and obverse type 1.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), 19 January 1981.
W. Milligan (NCM), 19 November 1981.

Before 7 February 2005. Fieldwalking. Site extended to whole field.
Four prehistoric worked flints.
Roman pot sherds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 February 2005.

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 (3)

Object Types (5)

SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2022 1:06PM