NHER 21084 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

25 January 1985. Fenland fieldwalking.
In reasonable ploughed and weathered field.

Context 1.
General scatter of flints with Iron Age sherds densest at above grid reference. FWL BL. Also some medieval sherds.

Context 2 at [1]:
Odd sherd of Iron Age pottery FWL BK.

Context 3 at [2]:
Sparse scatter of Iron Age sherds, very sparse animal bone also piece of tile that could be Roman and odd fragments of
post medieval rubbish; occasional flints. On flat chalk plateau. FWL 70.

Context 4 at [3]:
Sparse to moderate scatter of Iron Age sherds plus a few potboilers and odd bit of flint (?earlier activity) on flattish chalky plateau. Extension of nearby sites? Also distinctive round but broken pebbles. FWL 71.
R. Silvester (NAU), 26 January 1985.

For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).

23 April 1985. Further finds from Context 2
Iron Age sherds and a few flints, some just into field to west that field not at present suitable for walking.
R. J. Silvester (NAU), 23 April 1985

Before 1991. Stray Find. [4].
Context 5 at [5]:
Flake from polished stone axe. Petrology No N315. Stone not identified yet.
See (S2).
W. Milligan (NCM), 15 January 1992.

April 2021-February 2023. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 Middle Saxon coin.
Information from PAS import.
Expanded to whole field. Former extent recorded as Context 5.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2024.

May 2025. Metal-detecting. [6].
2 Middle Saxon coins.
1 Late Saxon coin.
Information from PAS import.
These finds have also been recorded on the Fitzwilliam Museum's 'Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds' (Refs 2025.0219-2025.0221).
P. Watkins (HES), 8 August 2025.