NHER 24105 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds from field east of village street

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Summary

Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a scatter of Iron Age, Roman and medieval pottery. Prehistoric worked flints were also found. Metal detecting recovered a medieval strap end or folding clasp and a medieval coin.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL69NW
Civil Parish HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

23 October 1987. Fenland fieldwalking. Field east of village street, two fields south of church.
Good conditions, young cereal, well weathered.

HLG AW.
Odd medieval sherds and flints. Could be an Roman sherd or two as well and one or two curious fragments. Site runs into NHER 17414. One of these was an Iron Age sherd.
R. Silvester (NAU), 27 October 1987.

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

February 2007. Metal detecting.
Silver medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Cattermole (HES), 9 September 2011.

April 2009. Metal detecting.
11th century copper alloy strap end.
Information from PAS import.
A. Cattermole (HES), 12 September 2011.

October- November 2009. Metal detecting.
Medieval strap end or folding clasp.
See list in file
A. Rogerson, (NLA), 10 December 2009

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HLG AW. FENS.
  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Archive: Fenland Folders.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Undated)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1327 AD to 1377 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 20 2016 11:32AM

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