NHER 30446 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period objects and pottery sherds

1993. TG 017 377, approximate location. Thorntons.
Small incomplete flint flake with extensive steep retouch on both lateral edges. Distal end missing. Minor recent damage on ventral face.
Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 March 1994.

1996. At TG 0163 3766. Casual fieldwalking find.
Rim sherd of late medieval/early post medieval bronze cauldron with bronze repair sheet folded over top and closely fitted, held in place by two bronze rivets.

Whole field, up to 1996, casual pottery finds.
Six Roman grey ware sherds.
Twelve medieval unglazed sherds.
Seven Glazed Grimston sherds.
Two post medieval sherds.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 April 1997.

2000. Fieldwalking.
Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM).
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint knife; broad blade-like flake with steep blunt break on right edge. Left edge has some shallow retouch, extending round to distal tip, and is worn.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 February 2001.

May 2001. Surface finds. On headland to north of cottage:
Fragment of lava quern, probably upper stone, diameter about 450mm.
Two undatable prehistoric retouched flint flakes:
A) broad side struck flake of glossy mottled grey flint, with steep fine retouch along part of the distal edge, some edge damage elsewhere. Found nearest the Bale Drift.
B) long narrow primary flake of black flint with edge damage and some probable minor retouch. In third of field nearest to Bale Drift.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 May 2002.

November 2001 and March 2002. Surface finds.
Found at back of Thorntons near drift. Scraper: Oblique scraper edge on secondary flake, right hand side. Undatable prehistoric.
Found beside drift towards cottage. Retouched flake: Pointed distal end of flake, snapped transversely, fine inverse retouch on left edge, some retouch or edge damage on the right. Undatable prehistoric.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 December 2002.

2015-2020. Metal-detecting [2].
5 Roman coins and 1 pottery sherd.
Medieval thimble.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to whole field. Previous extent mapped as Context 1.
H.Hamilton (HES), 13 April 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2024 and 1 September 2024.

Before September 2017. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 Neolithic to Bronze Age retouched flint flake.
12 Roman pottery sherds.
Medieval buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval mount or stud.
Post-medieval lead cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 28 January 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2019.

July 2024-August 2025. Metal-detecting. [4].
4 Roman pottery sherds.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval coin and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 January 2026.