NHER 34926 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and multi-period pottery and metal objects

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Summary

In 1998 fieldwalking identified a scatter of prehistoric worked flints at this location. The majority of these flints were not closely datable, the one exception being a burnt fragment of a Neolithic polished axehead. Metal-detecting between 2008 and 2019 recovered additional prehistoric flint flakes; Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, Late Saxon/medieval, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval token and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a medieval buckle; a medieval/post-medieval candlestick stem fragment, cauldron foot, vessel attachment loop, coin weight, chafing dish fragment and spoon and post-medieval crotal bells and a button.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG32NE
Civil Parish	HAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1998. [1].
Undatable prehistoric scatter of flint flakes and fragment of burnt polished flint axe (latter possibly Neolithic).
Two flakes/flake fragments, grey/brown flint, both secondary with pebble cortex. Undatable Prehistoric.
?Fragment of burnt polished axe? Small 'pot boiler' with one smooth surface which shows traces of smoothed? flake scars. Heat cracked and pale grey on the 'polished surface', other faces the usual pot boiler creamy white (?Neolithic).
Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM), August 1998.
K. Sussams (NCM), 13 May 1999.

March - April 2008. Metal detecting.
Prehistoric flint flake, Romano-British, medieval, medieval/post medieval and post medieval sherds, 15th -16th century chafing dish fragment.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 May 2008.

October-November 2013. Metal-detecting. Site extended to south-western field boundary. [2].
Medieval/post-medieval spoon.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 December 2013.

January-February 2014. Metal-detecting. [3].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd.
Post-medieval crotal bells.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 March 2014.

February-March 2014. Metal-detecting. [4].
3 Iron Age pottery sherds.
3 medieval pottery sherds.
Medieval/post-medieval candlestick stem fragment.
1 post-medieval token.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 April 2014.

March-April 2014. Metal-detecting. [5].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
2 Late Saxon/medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 June 2014.

January-February 2016. Metal-detecting. [6].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 March 2016.

September-October 2017. Metal-detecting. [7].
The following find is not recorded on the PAS database:
Medieval/post-medieval cauldron foot.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2017.

March-April 2018. Metal-detecting. [8].
Medieval/post-medieval vessel shouldered attachment loop and a coin weight featuring St. Michael spearing a dragon.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2018.

January-February 2019. Metal-detecting. [9].
Early Saxon brooch fragment.
1 post-medieval coin and a button.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2019.

Associated Sources (1)

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Site and Feature Types and Periods (11)

Object Types (32)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 800 BC)
FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POT BOILER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 117 AD to 125 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 420 AD to 475 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon - 720 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1300 AD)
CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
CANDLESTICK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1464 AD to 1550 AD)
SPOON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1635 AD to 1636 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 11 2021 3:06PM