NHER 19362 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

1981/2 and 1982/3. Fieldwalking. Field Pightle (north and east edges only). Formerly Gallow Hill.
Context 1.
Prehistoric flint and pottery.
Roman,medieval and post medieval sherds.
Black soil patches.
See plans in file.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 28 July 1983.

1983/4. Extension of fieldwalking to west. Context 2.
Prehistoric flint and pot boilers only.
But within Context 1 above a 'sherd of Bronze Age burial urn found'.
Identified by A.Gregory (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 29 November 1985.

Late 1989. Metal detecting.
Groat Henry VII. Crown with two jewelled arches.
Identified by S.Margeson (NCM).
I.M. escallop. London mint. North class III (1490 to 1504). See 1:2500.
Two Roman coins (not seen by A. Rogerson NAU).
'Pendant' on 1:2500 is not seen and should be ignored.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 January 1990.

November 1992-January 1993. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Evaluation on proposed route of Hardwick Landfill site access road (Field 15):
Prehistoric flints.
Roman and post medieval sherds.
Finder now allocates name Gallows Hill to field several hundred yards to north, but suggests a manorial site by Bush Farm.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.164).
E. Rose (NLA), 11 February 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 March 2015 and 5 December 2022.

Site of Raffles Manor (de Hemenall family) before belonging to the Prior of Little Dunmow. Possible that St Mary's Church could be in this area. 20 January 1209: sale of lands belonging to the church of St Mary in Hempnall.
Information from [1].
A. Cattermole (NLA), 6 June 2005.