NHER 24088 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1987 noted prehistoric flints, a few Roman pottery fragments and iron slag, a piece of Saxon pottery and a general scatter of medieval pottery fragments. Subsequent metal-detecting in 1997 and 2025 recovered a Roman coin, a medieval spur and a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF61SE
Civil Parish	WORMEGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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19 October 1987. Field with clay pit west of Petticoat Drove, southwest sector of island. Fenland fieldwalking, weathered soil, young winter cereal. Context 1, general scatter odd medieval sherds, one Ipswich ware, odd flints. WGY BN.

Context 2 at 6709 1170 concentration sparse iron slag and some Roman Nene Valley sherds although not a great many. In fairly limited area south of old claypit on stony loam soil 53m northeast to southwest by 40m northwest to southeast maximum. WGY 19 at 23 to 26 feet OD. NCM.
R. Silvester (NAU), 19 October 1987.

For full details of wares, flint types etc see Fenland Folders

1997. Metal-detecting.
Found at Context 3:
1 medieval spur.
Discovery marked on map by Norwich Castle Museum but no description found [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 21 September 2016.

July 2025. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 February 2026 and 14 February 2026.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF16898 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. WGY 19. FENS.
--- SNF16943 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. WGY BN. FENS.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (12)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Late Iron Age - 50 BC to 20 BC)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 286 AD to 293 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
RING (Medieval to 18th Century - 1200 AD to 1800 AD)
CROTAL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)