NHER 33998 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric, Roman and medieval finds

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Summary

An NAU watching brief that carried out fieldwalking and metal detecting in advance of the Bacton to Great Yarmouth gas pipeline recovered a prehistoric worked flint and scraper and a medieval dress fastener at this site. Metal-detecting in 2018 recovered Roman coins, a medieval jetton, and a medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG32SE
Civil Parish CATFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

January-April 1997. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 19.1).
A struck flint fragment and a scraper were recovered along with a late medieval decorative mount.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.55 and NWHCM : 2017.395).
E. Rose (NLA) November 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.

June-July 2018. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [1].
3 Roman coins.
1 medieval jetton and a copper alloy vessel fragment.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 27 July 2018. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 3 August 2018.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1997. Bacton to Great Yarmouth Power Station Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking Survey. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 262. RDX 19.1.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 117 AD to 125 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 260 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 147 AD to 175 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2023 11:34AM

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