NHER 39928 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
During construction of a pond at this spot the Young Archaeologists Club sieved three wheelbarrows full of soil and found many artefacts including prehistoric burnt flints, a possible Bronze Age flint knife, Iron Age, medieval and post medieval pottery and a post medieval gun flint. Metal detecting on the same site recovered post medieval pottery and an undated piece of iron.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF90SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CARBROOKE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
17 August 2003. Sieving of spoil from small pond excavation in garden of 'Bonne Nuit'.
?Bronze Age flints.
Large quantity of pot boilers.
Iron Age, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds.
Post medieval bell and rowel spur.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 October 2003.
Before 18 July 2004. Metal detecting.
Post medieval pottery.
Undated corroded iron.
See description in file.
E. Darch (NLA), 3 November 2004.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (11)
- POT BOILER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- KNIFE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROWEL SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Oct 7 2011 12:09PM