NHER 24571 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period objects and pottery sherds

1986 to 1987. Hill Field. Surface finds.
Pottery sherds: five probable Thetford type ware; twenty five medieval unglazed; four glazed Grimston. Three post medieval.
Information from member of the public [1].

1987/1988.
Pottery sherds:
One Iron Age gritty.
Two dark grey sandy Iron Age or Early Saxon.
Five Roman greyware.
One Ipswich sandy rim; three Ipswich pimply bodysherds and one base.
Sixty-five Thetford type. Seventy-four medieval unglazed (perhaps including some Thetford type. Nine glazed Grimston.
Eighteen post medieval glazed red earthenware and stoneware.
Bronze finger ring, plain, tapering round sectioned overlapping ends, Late Saxon?
A. Rogerson (NAU), January 1988 and August 1988.

1990. Fieldwalking by member of the public [1] in 25m squares at west end of field.
See lists and plan in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 27 April 1990.

1990/1996. Fieldwalking. [2].
General finds other than from 'site' near road, some possibly from headland behind trees.
Two body sherds Iron Age finely gritted.
One base and one body Roman grey ware and one body sherd Roman oxidised.
One jar rim and three body sherds Thetford type (weight 16g).
One rim pimply Ipswich.
Seventeen medieval unglazed.
Four Glazed Grimston.
Eight post medieval (some 'late').

'Site' near road:
One Roman greyware sherd.
Three jar rim and five body sherds Thetford type (22g).
Two Glazed Grimston.
Nine post medieval.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 April 1997.

December 1998. Surface find in survey square E9. [3].
Fragment of lava quern.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 July 2000.

December 1998 to January 1999. Field observation. [4].
Identifed by P. A. Robins (NCM).
Square B8 or nearby, headland by the road opposite the plantation pit; broken tertiary flint flake, unmodified. Edge damage probably accidental.
Square B8 or very nearby, as above: flint flake fragment.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 July 2000.

February/March 2004. Further gridded fieldwalking.
1144 worked flints.
Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
See notes, lists and plan (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 July 2004.

See file for finder's plans (S1) showing flint, pottery and other distributions from work carried out in 2003.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 October 2004.

1-8 May 2005. Fieldwalking.
Further gridded fieldwalking, continuing into area of formerly separate field named Mansion (NHER 25470).
Prehistoric and Neolithic flints.
Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 April 2006.

January 2010-December 2013. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval button and crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017.

2015-2020. Metal-detecting. [6].
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2024.

January-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [7].
Undated casting waste.
1 Roman coin.
Late Saxon/medieval scabbard chape with ring-and-dot motifs.
2 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2019.

March-December 2023. Stray Find. [8].
1 undated lava quern fragment.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to whole field. Previous extent mapped as Context 1.
H.Hamilton (HES), 13 April 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2024.

September 2023-July 2024. Metal-detecting. [9].
2 Roman coins and a Polden Hill brooch.
3 medieval coins and a strap end.
2 medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments.
Post-medieval spur.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2025 and 22 June 2025.

July 2024-August 2025. Metal-detecting. [10].
2 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
5 medieval buckles, a strap mount, probable strap end, leash swivel and lead weight.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd and 5 lead weights.
2 post-medieval crotal bells, a buckle, button, book clasp, jew's harp, spur side and furniture mount.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 January 2026.