NHER 30931 (Find Spot record) - Worked flint, pot boilers, Roman sherds and a medieval seal matrix

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Summary

A systematic fieldwalking survey undertaken in 1994/1995 recovered ?prehistoric burnt flints, a range of prehistoric worked flints and a small number of Roman pottery sherds. Metal detecting in 2003 recovered a medieval seal matrix with a lug made from a buckle pin.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NE
Civil Parish POSTWICK WITH WITTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1994. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Fieldwalking in advance of development (Field B):
?Prehistoric burnt flints ('pot boilers').
52 prehistoric flint flakes, 1 spall, 1 blade, 1 truncated blade, 2 cores, 5 notched flakes, 10 retouched flakes, 2 piercers, 1 denticulate, 7 scrapers and 1 ?scraper.
3 Roman pottery sherds (greyware).
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 25 November 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 May 2014.

February-March 2003. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval seal matrix with lug made from a buckle pin (has a inscription) (S3).
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See description in secondary file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 April 2003. Updated by J. Page (HES), 27 February 2014.

The Roman material at this site may be connected to the Roman kilns located and partially excavated to the north (NHER 31108).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 26 November 2008.

  • --- Map: Fieldwalking Map.
  • --- Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, P. 1995. Report of the Archaeological Survey for Broadland Park (Proposed Development at Heath Farm, Postwick). Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 121.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 397-412. p 407.
  • <S3> Photograph: 2003. LFW 27-29 Medieval seal matrix..
  • BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • DEBITAGE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • DENTICULATE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • NOTCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • RETOUCHED BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 23 2018 11:31AM

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