NHER 24753 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic and Roman finds

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Summary

In 1988 a Palaeolithic flint implement was found on the ground surface here. Metal-detecting in 2022 recovered a Roman coin.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81SW
Civil Parish SPORLE WITH PALGRAVE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Spring 1988. Stray Find. [1].
Found on surface near path:
1 convergent scraper on thick, patinated flake with faceted butt. Attribution to Lower Palaeolithic only based on typology, but handaxes of Mousterian of Acheulian Tradition type do occasionally occur on the surface in similar condition.
Identified and compiled by J. J. Wymer (NAU) 25 August 1988.
This object was first reported in (S1) and is described and sketched on (S2). It is also noted in (S3) and (S4) although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 February 2016.

October 2022. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 28 January 2024.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: 1989. Archaeological Discoveries for 1988. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 34 pp 32-61. p 44.
  • <S2> Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Sporle with Palgrave.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project. Regions 9 (Great Ouse) and 12 (Yorkshire and the Lincolnshire Wolds). Wessex Archaeology. N&W-1, No. 8.
  • <S4> Website: TERPS online database. Site 23057.
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 322 AD to 323 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 13 2024 1:18PM

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