NHER 29091 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric, Roman and medieval to post-medieval finds

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Summary

A fieldwalking survey undertaken by the Caistor Research Project in 2009 recovered Mesolithic and prehistoric worked flints; Roman, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds and post-medieval clay tobacco pipe stems. Metal-detecting between 1992 and 2017 recovered a Neolithic blade-like flake and a Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flake; a post-medieval jetton and medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a medieval pot mend, buckle and cauldron foot; and a medieval/post-medieval weight.

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Map sheet	TG10SE
Civil Parish	MULBARTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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May 1992. Metal-detecting. [1], [2].
1 medieval D-shaped buckle with grooved tongue-rest.
1 post-medieval Nuremberg jetton (1550-1635).
Buckle identified by S. M. Margeson (NCM) and jetton by J. A. Davies (NCM).
Compile by J. A. Davies (NCM), 23 June 1992. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 March 2014.

September 1992. Metal-detecting.
Found at [3] (finder's Field 5):
1 medieval cast copper alloy cauldron foot.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 October 1992. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 March 2014.

19 and 26 March 2009. Systematic fieldwalking survey.
Fieldwalking by Caistor Research Project (CRP 5 Field 16):
1 Mesolithic flint blade.
10 undatable late prehistoric flint flakes, 1 notched flake (?piercer) and 1 retouched flake.
9 Roman pottery sherds (greyware and East Anglian coloar coated).
4 medieval pottery sherds (unglazed).
2 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds (LMT).
1 ?medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd (LMT).
42 post-medieval pottery sherds (late post-medieval, Glazed Red Earthenware and stoneware) and 9 clay tobacco pipe stem fragments.
Late post-medieval, recent and undatable ceramic building material, undatable and recent iron objects, recent glass, bone fragments and pieces of stone (including calcinated flints) not listed.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM) and other objects by A. Rogerson (NLA). See lists and record forms in file.
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 April 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 March 2014.

January-February 2017. Metal-detecting. [4].
Neolithic blade-like flake.
Neolithic to Late Bronze Age scraper.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 03 April 2017.

March-April 2017. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval pot mend.
Medieval/post-medieval weight.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 May 2017.

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Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)

Object Types (17)

BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
BACKED BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
NOTCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
POT MEND (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)