NHER 19771 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

April 1980. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] at [2] (Context 1; finder's Site No. 260):
6 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flakes, 1 blade and 1 scraper. Flakes large - from production site?
Probably amongst the finds donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.33.2).
Identified and compiled by A. J. Lawson (NAU), 19 October 1980.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2014.

31 March-10 April 1986. Fieldwalking and metal-detecting.
Various finds recovered by [1]. Area gridded into contexts:

Found at Context 1 (as above), south-east and east of church:
Late Saxon pottery sherds (Thetford-type ware).
Medieval pottery sherds (including green-glazed Grimston), 1 harness boss and 1 gilt harness pendant.
1 post-medieval shoe buckle.

Found at [3] (Context 2; finder's Site F; NCM 275):
1 undatable prehistoric flint flake and 2 flakes with scraper-like retouch.
1 Neolithic flint blade.
1 Iron Age coin (S1) (half denomination Bury Tribe Face-Horse) and 1 pottery sherd.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd (Ipswich Ware).
Late Saxon pottery sherds (Thetford-type ware).
Medieval pottery sherds.

Found at [4] (Context 3; finder's Site A; NCM 271):
1 undatable prehistoric flint flake.
1 Roman pottery sherd (greyware).

Found at [5] (Context 4; finder's Site E; NCM 274):
Undatable prehistoric flint flakes.
1 Iron Age pottery sherd.
4 Roman pottery sherds (including shell-gritted, unusual gritty fabric and greyware).
1 ?Roman copper alloy object. Use unknown.

Found at [6] (Context 5; finder's Site G; NCM 275):
1 ?Palaeolithic retouched flint flake. Stained, of Palaeolithic aspect, but not Palaeolithic type - a puzzle.

Found at [7] (Context 6; finder's Site G; NCM 276):
1 undatable burnt clay fragment - ?loomweight.
1 prehistoric worked flint.
1 Iron Age pottery sherd.
1 Roman headstud brooch.
1 ?Roman bell fragment and 1 copper alloy/lead lump.
1 Early-Middle Saxon copper alloy Coptic bowl foot ring (7th century).
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd.
Late Saxon pottery sherds (Thetford-type ware).

These discoveries were reported in (S2). Most (if not all) finds subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.33.2).
Flints identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) and other objects by D. Macreth, S. Margeson (NCM), W. Milligan (NCM) and T. Gregory (NAU). See list in file.
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 17 April 1986. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2014.

1987. Fieldwalking.
Additional finds by [1] at Context 2:
Late Saxon pottery sherds (Thetford-type war rims).
Medieval pottery sherds.
1 undatable iron object (X-ray NX2577). Described by W. Milligan (NCM) as looking "…like the upper art of an airfield batman".
Probably amongst the finds donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.33.2).
Identified and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), October 1987.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2014.

February 1989. Fieldwalking and metal-detecting.
Additional finds by [1] at Context 6:
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd (Ipswich Ware).
1 medieval buckle.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM) and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 3 October 1990.
Probably amongst the finds donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.33.2).
Identified and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 15 October 1990.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2014.

November 1989. Fieldwalking and metal-detecting.
Additional finds by [1] at Context 6:
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd (Ipswich Ware).
1 medieval ?casket mount.
1 medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
Undatable bronze waste.
Probably amongst the finds donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.33.2).
Identified and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 15 October 1990.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2014.

1998. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Saxon copper stirrup terminal of an animal head in Ringerike style (S3). Identified by H. Geake. See description in file.
Subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.188).
K. Sussams (NCM), 15 April 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2014.

September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [8].
2 Roman coins and a hair pin.
Middle/Late Saxon pin.
Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorl.
Medieval buckles.
Post-medieval clapper bell.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2014.

December 2014-January 2015. Metal-detecting. [9].
Early Saxon brooch.
1 medieval coin and a harness fitting.
2 post-medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 10 February 2015.