NHER 31109 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and multi-period metal objects

October 1994-March 1995. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Fieldwalking in advance of development (Field D):
?Prehistoric burnt flints ('pot boilers').
14 prehistoric flint flakes, 1 shatter fragment, 1 blade, 1 ?core, 1 notched flake, 6 retouched flakes and 1 side scraper.
3 Roman pottery sherds (2 greyware and 1 refired reduced sherd).
6 medieval pottery sherds (3 glazed Grimston, 1 glazed and 2 unglazed), 6 roof tiles, 1 glazed floor tile and 1 biconical lead weight.
878 post-medieval (or later) pottery sherds and 549 clay tobacco pipe fragments.
1 undatable pottery sherd (oxidised).
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.6).
E. Rose (NLA), 14 March 1995 and 2 June 1995. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 May 2014 and 27 April 2019.

September to October 1995. Metal detector finds.
One Roman coin.
See list in file. Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
Roman brooch, crescent type Aesica.
Possible Roman decorated toilet article, rounded dished terminal engraved on one face with herringbone motif.
Medieval shield-shaped harness pendant, cross saltire indented (red enamel intact). See (S2).
Bronze casting jet, uncertain date.
Circular uniface lead weight. Two shields with circle. Commonwealth (1649-60) 23.61g. Obverse reads 80/HP across head. Reverse depicts ship with rose.
Square bronze Amsterdam coin weight for ryal (rose noble) 15th century, 3.31g.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 November 1995.

October to November 1995. Metal detecting find. [1]
Another enamelled horse harness pendant, arms of possibly Montacute or Montagu. Drawing and blazon in file. See also (S3).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 November 1995.

November to December 1995. Metal detector finds.
Three medieval coins.
See list in secondary file.
Iron Age possible harness fitting, very worn, possibly by continual rubbing with leather strap.
Seen by British Museum. See (S4).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 April 1996.

14 June 1996. NLA air photography.
Cropmarks visible of extensive linear ditch running southwest to northeast across the site.
Several smaller linears are perpendicular to this, abutting it.
These features appear to relate to land division, probably field boundaries (see NHER 52038).
S. Massey (NLA), 8 August 2001.