NHER 24415 (Find Spot record) - Middle Palaeolithic, Neolithic/Bronze Age and medieval to post-medieval finds

December 1987-January 1988. Stay Find.
Found on surface of field (Spixworth Field 7) by [1]:
1 Palaeolithic small (9.5 cm) cordate handaxe with tranchet edge. In fresh sharp condition with ochreous staining over patchy 'toad-belly' patina. Normal Acheulian type but typical of Mousterian of Acheulian Tradition industries of first half of Last Glaciation. See drawing (S1).
Identified and compiled by J. J. Wymer (NAU) March 1988. Information from (S2).
This discovery was reported in (S3) and is also noted on (S4) and in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2014.

29 August 1998. Metal detecting. Context 2 whole field. Finley's Field 7. [2].
Note - south boundary shifted approximately 60m south of where shown on 1:10,000 map.
Unusual ?oblique arrowhead, ?Neolithic or Bronze Age, (S7).
See notes in file.
Part of ?post-medieval dividers, see list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 7 July 1999.

September 1998. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
A medieval coin hoard found at this time is now recorded under NHER 69295.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2025.

December 1999 to January 2000. Metal-detecting.
Found by [4]:
1 medieval coin (Long Cross penny of Edward I - 1279-1307).
Found by [5]:
H.M. Geake (NCM) identified: an early post medieval globular button which was probably purely decorative, not functional, and was perhaps worn on a hat. The button is hollow and openwork, and consists of a six petal flower shape forming the front, with a tiny boss in the centre. The back has a similar flower shape, with a lump of iron corrosion in the centre from which a flimsy wire loop emerges. Each of the twelve petals has a scrolled arch around its end, and these arches join to compete the sphere. A large and classy version of the very common globular openwork buttons. 16mm diameter.
Medieval coins associated with the hoard found in September 1998 are now recorded under NHER 69295.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 16 September 2000.

December 1999 to January 2000. Metal detecting. [6].
H.M. Geake (NCM) identified: a medieval lead papal bull. One side has the heads of St Peter and St Paul; the other has lettering reading GRE/GORIVS/PP VIIII for Gregory IX (1227-1241). In rather poor condition, but complete.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 21 September 2000.

2004. Metal-detecting.
Brought in on 'Fabulous Finds Day' held Saturday 30 April.
1 medieval purse-bar loop.
Identified by H. Geake (NLA), see record sheet in file [7].
P. Watkins (HES), 10 April 2019.

January-March 2022. Metal-detecting. [8].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024.

September 2024. Metal-detecting. [9].
Neolithic part-polished flint axehead (S8).
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 6 July 2025.