NHER 21306 (Find Spot record) - Probable medieval bell-casting debris and multi-period finds

20 March 1985. Field [1] (two fields on 6in Ordnance Survey map (S1)).
Field was divided into four quarters; 20m transects over well weathered ploughed surface; no concentrations; manure scatter.
Quadrant 1 (southwest): Seven sherds medieval unglazed, one rim late medieval transistional bowl.
Quadrant 2 (southeast): one base, one rim, three sherds medieval unglazed; two sherds post medieval greenglazed; near northwest corner of quadrant a slag fragment, bronze and speculum inclusion probably waste from bellcasting ([1] to report).
Quadrant 3 (northwest): seven sherds medieval unglazed, two undated grey sherds.
Quadrant 4 (northeast): one scrap ?Roman greyware; one flat base ?Roman or Thetford type?; one rim fragment Thetford type ware jar; four sherds medieval unglazed; one handle and two sherds ?glazed Grimston; one base like late medieval transitional; one post medieval sherd green glazed.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
A. Rogerson (NAU), 30 April 1985.

1987.
Object from quadrant two described by [2] as 'irregular lump of metal shown by X-ray flouresence to be bronze with some lead. Silvery surface suggests high tin alloy like bell metal, so probably from bellcasting'.
E. Rose (NAU), 15 July 1987.

1994. Fieldwalking.
2 prehistoric flint flakes.
20 medieval pottery sherds.
42 post-medieval pottery sherds (including 40 Lead-Glazed Earthenware and 2 stoneware).
Identified by W. Milligan (NCM), see note in file [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 25 August 2016.

February-March 1998. Metal detecting. [4].
Two post medieval coins.
Post medieval lead cloth seal. The solid disc has a stamp '34', probably the length of cloth; annular disc and rivet stamped 'WB' with a tree between the letters, the mark of the clothier or weaver. Probably 17th century.
See lists in file.
Polaroid (S2) taken by NCM.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 April 1998.

January-February 2006. Metal-detecting.
4 medieval coins (inc. 1 coin of Stephen) and 1 buckle frame.
7 post-medieval coins.
Coins identified by J. Davies (NCM) and other object by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 March 2006.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 25 February 2014.

25 September 2021. Metal-detecting Rally. [5].
4 medieval coins, a coin weight and signet ring.
1 post-medieval coin, 1 token and terminal of seal-top spoon.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 28 February 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 18 November 2023 and 17 December 2023.

25 September 2021. Metal-detecting Rally. [6].
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 30 March 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 18 November 2023.