NHER 31830 (Find Spot record) - Possible prehistoric burnt mound

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Summary

Fieldwalking and metal detecting recovered a concentration of prehistoric burnt flints at this site. This concentration might be a prehistoric burnt mound. Other finds included two prehistoric flint flakes, fragments of Iron Age and medieval pottery and a post medieval knob or handle. Metal-detecting in 2025 recovered a Roman coin.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF81SE
Civil Parish	GREAT DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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December 1995. Metal detecting and field observation. Lexham Estate field No. 87.
No significant metal detected finds.
Rather blank field (stubble, good visibility).

Context 2 at 8530 1462.
Pot boiler spread.
Post medieval knob/handle.
Body sherd abraded sandy reduced with ?a groove, probably Iron Age.
Two flint flakes (one incomplete, recent break), both long, narrow and with some context, bluish white patination, slight retouch/edge damage. Undated prehistoric.

Context 3. 100m south from north edge, 30m east from west edge
One scrap reduced slightly gritty, two grooves, ?Iron Age.
One body sherd probably medieval unglazed, sandy reduced with oxidised exterior.

Context 4. 80m east of northwest corner, 10m south of north edge.
One body sherd probably medieval unglazed, reduced sandy with part oxidised exterior.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 April 1996.

2018-2020. Metal-detecting. [2].
ENF146957 - PAS details to follow.
See distribution maps (S1).
E. McDonald (HES), 21 October 2020.

February 2025. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 August 2025.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF100867 Unpublished Document: Crace, G.. 2019. Find Heatmaps by Period for the North and South of the River Nar Metal-detecting Project. Finder's map.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (7)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 348 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HANDLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)