NHER 30183 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1993 recovered a fragment of a Roman mortarium rim and a number of medieval to post-medieval pottery sherds. Metal-detecting on several occasions between 1993 and 2014 recovered ?Late Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic/Early Neolithic and undatable Late Prehistoric worked flints; medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; medieval brick fragments; a possible Roman coin; a post-medieval token and undatable and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include undatable lead weights; a medieval spindle whorl or lead weight; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring and vessel fragment and a post-medieval purse bar, buckle, crotal bells and a lead cloth seal.

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Map sheet	TG30NE
Civil Parish	ACLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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1993. Metal-detecting. [1].
Found at [2]:
1 Roman coin (Sestertius Faustina II).
See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM) 27 October 1993.
Previously recorded under NHER 30182
W. Milligan (NCM) 27 October 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 August 2020.

October 1993. Fieldwalking. [1].
Found in western half of field (Context 1 - former extent of NHER 30182):
Medieval/post medieval pottery sherds (LMT).
Post-medieval pottery sherds (including lead glazed earthenware).
Previously recorded under NHER 30182.

Found at [3]:
1 Roman pottery sherd (worn fragment of mortarium rim):
W. Milligan (NCM), 2 November 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 August 2020.

March-April 2010. Metal-detecting. Extended to whole field [4].
1 Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flint blade core.
1 Late Prehistoric retouched flint blade, 2 notched flakes, 2 retouched flakes, 1 ?fabricator, 1 small blade and 12 flakes.
1 ?Roman ?coin.
6 medieval pottery sherds (unglazed), 2 brick fragments, 1 horse harness pendant, 1 unidentified copper alloy object, 1 lead pot mend and 1 lead weight/spindle whorl.
7 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds (LMT), 1 copper alloy ring and 1 copper alloy vessel fragment.
10 post-medieval pottery sherds (including Glazed Red Earthenware and stoneware), 1 purse bar, 3 crotal bells, 1 lead cloth seal and 1 white metal bell.
4 undatable lead weights.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM), ceramic objects by A. Rogerson (NLA), possible coin by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 May 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2014.

April/May 2010. Metal-detecting.
1 ?Upper Palaeolithic core (a long narrow fragment from which a blade appears to have been struck).
1 Late Prehistoric flint core and 9 flint flakes.
1 medieval pottery sherd and 1 lead pot mend.
1 post-medieval rowel spur, 1 white metal bell and 1 lead weight.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM), pottery by A. Rogerson (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA).
See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 June 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2014.

February-March 2014. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 post-medieval token and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 April 2014.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)

Object Types (41)

CORE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC? to 10001 BC?)
BLADE CORE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
CORE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
FABRICATOR (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
NOTCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
RETOUCHED BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
WEIGHT (Unknown date)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BRICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (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 - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
ROWEL SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)