NHER 32750 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds and concentration of burnt flint 'pot boilers'

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Summary

Fieldwalking and metal-detecting at this location between 1996 and 2020 recovered undatable prehistoric flint flakes and a scraper; Roman and medieval and/or post-medieval pottery sherds; a post medieval roof tile; Roman coins and a number of other, Early Saxon, Late Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include an Early Saxon brooch fragment; a Late Saxon strap end; a medieval buckle and annular brooch fragment; a medieval/post-medieval book clasp and copper alloy vessel fragments and post-medieval buckles, a harness mount, crotal bell and hinge plate. A concentration of potentially prehistoric burnt flint 'pot boilers' was also identified.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG03NW
Civil Parish	FIELD DALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1996 and before. Dalling Dunstan. Northern part (excluding Roman area, NHER 21317). Casual fieldwalking. [1].
Six Roman grey, five medieval unglazed, five Glazed Grimston, (one 'late' post medieval).
One post medieval roofing tile (peg).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 April 1997.

Report now in file.
This describes a large pot boiler concentration; however there is no mention of any tiles, and the medieval sherds are in
fact post-medieval.
E. Rose (NLA), 28 July 1997.

2000. Fieldwalking.
Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM).
Two flint flakes, both with extreme edge damage, ?wear, probably accidental, one may have been used as a borer.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 February 2001.

March 2002. Surface find.
Scraper: coarsely flaked left side scraper on thick flake with cortical platform. Undatable prehistoric.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 December 2002.

IND25092017AM - PAS details awaited. [2].

2015-2020. Metal-detecting [3].
2 Roman coins.
Early Saxon side knob from cruciform brooch.
Late Saxon openwork strap end.
Medieval buckle and annular brooch fragment.
Medieval/post-medieval book clasp and copper alloy vessel fragments.
Post-medieval buckles, harness mount, crotal bell and hinge plate.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to whole field. Previous extent mapped as Context 1.
H. Hamilton (HES), 13 April 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2024 and 12 March 2024.

Associated Sources (1)

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Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)

Object Types (22)

BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Undated)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
VESSEL (Undated)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 402 AD)
COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 430 AD to 475 AD)
STRAP END (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1100 AD)
BROOCH (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
HINGE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 15 2025 2:45PM