NHER 19363 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking between 1981 and 1983 recovered prehistoric flints together with Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery fragments. Metal detecting between 1993 and 2020 recovered an Early Neolithic retouched flint flake; a medieval coin and a number of other metal objects, including a ?Late Saxon/medieval unidentified lead object; a medieval strap end, buckle, vessel rim and part of a book clasp and a post-medieval harness mount and lead weight.

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  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM29SW
Civil Parish HEMPNALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1981/2 and 1982/3. Fieldwalking; Bleach Close, east half.
Context 1. Worked flints. One pot boiler. Roman sherds. Medieval sherds.
Worked flints. One pot boiler.
Roman sherds.
Medieval sherds.
Post medieval sherds.
Medieval purse mount.
Black soil marks.
See plans in file.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 28 July 1983.

1983/4. Context 2. Extension of fieldwalking to west produced only flint and pot boilers.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 November 1985.

November 1992-January 1993. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Evaluation on proposed route of Hardwick Landfill site access road (Field 14):
Flint.
Post-medieval sherds.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
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.

1993. Metal detecting finds from Context 1 as above.
Base of 11th century Winchester style strap end cast, very stylised leaf decoration.
13th century buckle, two moulded 'rings' as pin rest.
Medieval vessel rim ?chafing dish. Pierced hole for handle with three decorative holes below (broken).
Medieval or Early post medieval ?book clasp trefoil terminal, decorated with dot in circle and three dots in circle on rectangular strip, broken.
17th century harness mount, dumbell shaped, decorated and punched annulets.
Lead weight, equal armed cross on one face, and four punched dots (to indicate four ounces).
Identified by S.Margeson (NCM), 29 March 1994. Polaroid (S1) in file.
W. Milligan (NCM), 21 December 1993.

Before 1 October 2008. Metal detecting
Early Neolithic retouched blade-like flint flake, medieval coin, strap fitting, thimble, spindle whorl and weight, medieval/ post medieval buckle, strap fitting, bell, finger ring, seal matrix and vessel, post medieval button, sword belt, book fitting, knife and an undated lead weight.
See list in file
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 January 2009.

September 2017-September 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
?Late Saxon/medieval unidentified lead object.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 December 2020.

September 2019-October 2020. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 June 2021.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1993. Summary Report on an Archaeological Survey on the Hardwick Landfill Site Access. Norfolk Archaeological Unit.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1994. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1993. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 115-123. p 118.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1200 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 20 2023 12:57AM

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