NHER 37327 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period metal finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CROXTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May/June 2002. Metal detecting
Iron Age, Roman and medieval metal finds see list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 July 2002.
January-May 2010. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey of proposed development area (Fields 13 and 14).
The survey recovered Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery and a struck flint assemblage of Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date including cores, flakes, blades and scrapers. An 18th to 19th century button, hammered silver half cut long cross penny of Henry II class 3 type (AD 1248 and 50) and fragment of lead were recovered during metal-detecting.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
S. Howard (HES), 9 August 2011.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81101 Unpublished Contractor Report: Wolframm-Murray, Y. 2010. Archaeological fieldwalking, metal detecting and geophysical surveys of land at the north of Thetford, Norfolk (Volumes 1 and 2). Northamptonshire Archaeology. 10/159.
- <S2> SNF93149 Article in Serial: Gurney, D., Bown, J. and Hoggett, R. 2011. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2010. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt II pp 262-276. p 273.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (13)
- BLADE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- CORE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- BROOCH (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUTTON (17th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 12 2018 2:28PM