NHER 32735 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking by Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project in 1996 and 1999 and metal-detecting in 2013 and 2014 recovered prehistoric worked and burnt flints including scrapers and flakes; Iron Age, Roman, medieval, post-medieval and modern pottery sherds; undated building material and animal remains; medieval/post-medieval clay tobacco pipe fragments; undated, Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval to post-medieval jettons and Bronze Age, Roman and Middle/Late Saxon to medieval/post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Bronze Age spear; a Roman brooch; Middle/Late Saxon brooch; a medieval thimble; medieval/post-medieval slag and medieval to post-medieval dress accessories.

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Map sheet	TF73NW
Civil Parish	SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1996. 'Field 190'. Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project. Fieldwalking.
Prehistoric worked and burnt flints.
Flake, concave scraper, spall, thermal flake, retouched flake and end scraper.
One piece Iron Age pot, flint gritted.
Concentration of Roman pot.
Scatter of early medieval and medieval finds.
Two Transitional pieces of pot.
Information from (S1).
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 March 1997.

Seven flakes, three retouched.
Two scrapers.
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 7 August 2006.

April 1999. Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project. Fieldwalking.
Ceramic building material.
Glass.
Modern pot.
Medieval pot.
Coal.
Iron, copper alloy and lead objects.
Burnt flints.
Worked flints.
Oyster shell.
Tobacco pipe.
Slag.
1 Roman coin.
1 silver coin.
Information from (S1).
M. Dennis (NLA), 21 August 2006.

November-December 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Bronze Age spear.
Middle/Late Saxon brooch.
1 medieval coin and a thimble.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 February 2014.

May-June 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
Roman brooch.
1 medieval jetton and a buckle.
1 medieval/post-medieval jetton and a buckle.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2014.

(S3) - PAS details to follow.
J. Richards (HES), 2 September 2015.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF60510 Archive: Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project Archive.
<S2> SNF64621 Unpublished Document: Various. 1997. Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project. The Report. No 1. 1996.. February.
<S3> SNF93309 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)

Object Types (34)

BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SOCKETED SPEARHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 900 BC to 801 BC)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
BUILDING MATERIAL (Unknown date)
COIN (Unknown date)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
VESSEL (Unknown date)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SLAG (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
TOBACCO PIPE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1275 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1299 AD to 1301 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1461 AD to 1497 AD)
JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1490 AD to 1550 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
POT (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 27 2016 2:43PM