NHER 19668 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric and medieval to post-medieval finds

5 November 1983. Fenland fieldwalking.
WGY AF.
Sandy ridge on north side of shallow dry valley still partly peat filled, probably skirtland.
Winter wheat, ground well weathered, sand rather than more normal sand with a lot of chert gravel.
Small group of flints, fairly restricted, about 50m diameter. Good black quality flints, no retouched fragments but suggests very limited activity.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
R. Silvester (NAU), 5 November 1983.

Before 20 July 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
Finds recorded by HES on the PAS:
Middle Bronze Age non-looped palstave (S2).
Medieval buckles, strap-ends, bar mounts, an end cap from a scale tang knife, a plate from a casket or box with a keyhole and a fragment of copper alloy binding strip, probably from a piece of furniture.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy rings.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
Finds recorded by HES but not on the PAS:
3 medieval coins: 1 silver short-cross cut farthing, 1 silver voided long-cross cut farthing and 1 silver Sterling penny.
1 post-medieval coin: copper alloy James I or Charles I farthing.
See finder's maps in file.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014 and P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024.

December 2015-December 2016. Metal-detecting. [2].
Medieval pewter rings, a spindle whorl, a buckle and buckle frame, and a possible hilt plate from a knife.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle frame.
Post-medieval buckle frame.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 April 2017.

February-March 2020. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2020.