NHER 32746 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

Please use this number for any future finds from this field. NHER 24569 is no longer in use.

1988/1996. Fieldwalking. [1].
Casual fieldwalking across whole field:
1 ?Roman pottery sherd (?greyware base).
2 Late Saxon pottery sherds (Thetford type jar rim and body sherd (weight 10g))
19 medieval pottery sherds (14 unglazed and 5 Glazed Grimston).
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd (LMT).
1 post-medieval pottery sherd (Glazed Red Earthenware).

Immediately behind NHER 3199:
1 medieval pottery sherd (unglazed).

Southeast part 'Ropers':
2 medieval pottery sherds (unglazed).
1 post-medieval pottery sherd (Glazed Red Earthenware).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 April 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 July 20114.

Up to mid May 1997. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin.
2 post-medieval jettons.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 August 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 July 20114.

Winter 1997-March 1998. Fieldwalking.
Dalling Home Field:
1 undatable prehistoric flint flake knife and 1 flake.

Dalling Home Field, south-east corner:
1 undatable prehistoric flint flake.

Dalling Home Field, to east and slightly south of sand-hole behind nuttery:
1 undatable prehistoric retouched flint flake.

Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file
P. Watkins (HES), 14 July 20114.

April 1998. Systematic Fieldwalking. [3].
Gridded fieldwalking, continuing work carried out immediately to the west (NHER 24569). Grid squares D6-8 to L6-8:
383 undatable prehistoric flint flakes, flake fragments and spalls.
2 ?Mesolithic flint bladelets (unpatinated).
1 ?Early Neolithic flint blade core, 1 ?blade core, 6 blades, 1 retouched blade, 2 retouched bladelets, 1 truncated blade, 1 end scraper and 1 ?horseshoe scraper (all unpatinated).
25 Late Prehistoric (?Late Neolithic/Bronze Age) retouched flakes, 4 spurred pieces, 3 borers, 2 flake knives, 2 end scrapers, 1 side scraper, 1 ?side scraper, 2 other scrapers and 2 notched flakes.
1 Iron Age pottery sherd (gritty).
1 Iron Age or Early Saxon pottery sherd.
5 Roman pottery sherds (greyware).
3 ?Roman pottery sherds (?greyware).
1 Early Saxon pottery sherd (organic and sand tempered).
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd (pimply Ipswich).
9 Late Saxon pottery sherds (Thetford type).
2 ?Late Saxon pottery sherds (?Thetford type).
265 medieval pottery sherds (228 unglazed and 37 glazed Grimston) and 1 brick.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd (LMT) and 3 roof tile fragments.
23 post-medieval pottery sherds (4 Glazed Red Earthenware, 1 stoneware and 18 late post-medieval), 6 clay tobacco pipe fragments and 1 gunflint.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM) and other objects by A. Rogerson (NLA). See lists, descriptions and finder’s artefact distribution plots (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 December 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 July 2014.

October 1998 to December 1999. Fieldwalking. [4].
On head land immediately behind nuttery area:
1 undatable prehistoric small flint flake with fine retouch at distal edge.

Top gateway by the road and Bale Road field about 15 meters in from the corner:
1 undatable prehistoric sub-rectangular tertiary flint flake of chocolate brown flint with fine retouch on both edges and some ventral retouch at the distal edge.

Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 July 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 July 2014.

March 1999-October 1999. Fieldwalking. [5].
Found on surface in survey square D8 (March 1999):
1 undatable lava quern fragment.
Found in square E7 (October 1999):
1 undatable lava quern fragment.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 July 2000.

February-March 2000. Systematic Fieldwalking. [6].
Further gridded fieldwalking:
507 Late Prehistoric (?Bronze Age or later) flint flakes, 284 spalls, 1 bladelet, 5 cores/core fragments, 1 ?core fragment, 7 borers, 1 fabricator, 3 knives, 4 ?knives, 14 scrapers (including 3 end, 3 side, 1 side and end and 1 ‘thumbnail’), 1 bifacially-worked piece and 27 miscellaneous retouched flakes.
8 Iron Age pottery sherds (4 gritty and 4 sandy).
9 ?Iron Age pottery sherds.
19 Roman pottery sherds (greyware).
4 ?Roman pottery sherds (3 ?greyware and 1 coarse sandy pinkish).
1 Early/Middle Saxon pottery sherd (pimply).
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd (pimply Ipswich).
1 ?Middle Saxon pottery sherd (?pimply Ipswich).
9 Late Saxon pottery sherds (Thetford type).
2 ?Late Saxon pottery sherds (?Thetford type).
309 medieval pottery sherds (246 unglazed, 62 glazed Grimston and 1 Late Medieval ?Dutch import).
3 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds (2 LMT and 1 LMT/Glazed Red Earthenware) and 2 roof tiles.
181 post-medieval pottery sherds (156 late post-medieval, 10 stoneware, 1 reduced glazed, 14 Glazed Red Earthenware), 2 bricks, 2 roof tiles, 16 clay tobacco pipe fragments, 1 stone hone, 10 glass fragments and 1 gunflint.
1 ?post-medieval tile.
38 undatable iron slag fragments and 2 lava quern fragments.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM) and other objects by A. Rogerson (NLA). See lists, descriptions and finder’s artefact distribution plots (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 January 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 July 2014.

2000-2001. Fieldwalking.
Dalling Home Field. Found on part of field already walked (18 November 2000) and on Roper's part in the middle (June 2001):
2 undatable prehistoric flint flake fragments in glossy mottled grey flint. Edges damaged and worn. One blade like.
Found in grid square D7:
2 lava quern fragments (33mm and 40mm thick).
Found in grid square D8:
1 lava quern fragment (30mm thick).
Found in grid square F7:
1 lava quern fragment (35mm thick).
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 July 2014.

March-April 2002. Fieldwalking.
1 undatable prehistoric flint denticulate, 1 retouched flake and 4 flakes.
1 Neolithic flint flake knife.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 December 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 July 2014.

2 April 2005. Fieldwalking.
Surface find in grid square E11:
1 Neolithic polished flint axe.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 April 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 July 2014.

January 2010-December 2013. Metal-detecting. [7].
1 Roman pottery sherd.
2 Late Saxon Thetford Ware pottery sherds.
Medieval buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Post-medieval button.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to whole field, covering area of NHER 24569. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017.

2015-2020. Metal-detecting. [8].
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2024.

January-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [9].
2 Late Saxon/medieval Thetford-type ware pottery sherds.
1 medieval pottery sherd and a buckle.
Post-medieval powder measure.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2019.

July 2024-August 2025. Metal-detecting. [10].
Medieval/post-medieval purse bar.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 January 2026.