NHER 29409 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM29SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEMPNALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 1988. Fieldwalking.
South of junction of Townland Lane and Lundy Green (Context 1).
Roman mortarium with pouring lip fragment, also greyware.
Medieval greyware sherds including Late medieval/Transitional.
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 12 January 1988. Information from record card (S1).
Previously recorded as NHER 24355.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 November 2023.
November 1992-January 1993. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Evaluation on proposed route of Hardwick Landfill site access road (Field 3; Context 2):
Prehistoric worked flints including small tranchet axehead of probable Mesolithic date.
Occasional post-medieval pottery sherds and tile fragments (all of relatively recent date).
See report (S1) in file for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.164).
E. Rose (NLA), 11 February 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 January 2013 and 5 December 2022.
August-October 2023. Metal-detecting. [1].
5 Roman pottery sherds.
Late Saxon/medieval lead spindle whorl.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Information from PAS import.
Expanded to whole field. Original extent recorded as Context 2.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024.
August-December 2024. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman pottery sherd.
Roman to medieval copper alloy ingot.
Late Saxon/medieval lead spindle whorl.
1 medieval coin.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 August 2025, 8 August 2025 and 24 January 2026.
March-May 2025. Metal-detecting. [3].
Roman centre-looped cosmetic pestle of 'rocking-horse' type.
Medieval harness pendant suspension unit.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 January 2026 and 18 February 2026.
IND01092025TH1 - PAS details awaited. [4].
Finder's 'Field 2, Lundy Green'.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 September 2025.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHER 24355.
- <S2> SNF61439 Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1993. Summary Report on an Archaeological Survey on the Hardwick Landfill Site Access. Norfolk Archaeological Unit.
- <S3> SNF6263 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1994. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1993. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 115-123. p 118.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (23)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- COSMETIC PESTLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- INGOT (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1500 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1644 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 1 2026 11:21PM