NHER 25704 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking and metal-detecting in advance of the Norwich Southern Bypass scheme in 1991 recovered pottery and metal finds dating from the prehistoric to post-medieval periods. These include a possible forged coin made in the Roman period and a 2nd century AD enamelled disc brooch. Metal-detecting in 2013 recovered a medieval seal matrix.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10NE
Civil Parish BAWBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1986. Fieldwalking in advance of Norwich Southern Bypass. 'Field 18'.
Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval sherds.
Flints.
For full details of finds, including modern items not included in record, weather conditions, etc., see Norwich Southern Bypass folder.
E. Rose (NAU), 23 February 1990.

1991-1992. Watching Brief. Norwich Southern Bypass. Sites 22-3C.
Iron Age sherds.
Roman coins and brooches.
Middle Saxon pin.
Medieval buckle.
See unpublished document (S1) for further details.
See published monograph (S2) for summary of watching brief work.
E. Rose (NLA), July 1992.

18 February 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
Medieval seal matrix.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2013.

  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief: Site Lists and Annotated Maps.
  • <S2> Monograph: Ashwin, T. and Bates S. 2000. Norwich Southern Bypass, Part I: Excavations at Bixley, Caistor St Edmund, Trowse. East Anglian Archaeology. No 91. pp 210-216.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 28 2024 11:57AM

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