NHER 33883 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds scatter
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | BEETLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
August 1998 or earlier. Metal detecting.
Finds by [1] and [2]. Rather `blank' field.
Recorded finds by [2] only.
Huge (diameter 66mm) star rowel from a spur, central perforation and 10 points. A bit irregular and perhaps not very well made. Late medieval.
Fragment of medieval ?buckle plate of gilt bronze, all edges broken. 4 out of an original 5 decorative knob-headed rivets survive, the central one in the middle of a relief cross. An incomplete functional ?rivet hole survives.
Identified by H.Geake (NCM).
A.Rogerson (NLA), 9 October 1998.
November 1998. Fieldwalking.
Survey advance of pipe laying.
Context 2.
Roman roof tile.
Pot boiler.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.99).
E. Rose (NLA), 7 May 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 December 2022.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF56683 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 1998. Brisley to Bushy Common Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Fieldwalking, Field Reconnaissance and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 210.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (5)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TEGULA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Dec 10 2022 9:33AM