NHER 40292 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Limited metal-detecting at this location between 2003 and 2004 recovered a medieval coin, a medieval pottery sherd and undatable fragments of copper alloy metal-working waste. A systematic fieldwalking and metal-detecting survey of this area in 2016 recovered objects of primarily post-medieval or later date. The small number of earlier finds included ?Mesolithic, Early Neolithic and Neolithic worked flints; single Roman, medieval and medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds and a possible Roman tegula fragment. The post-medieval or later finds included pottery sherds, ceramic building material fragments, clay tobacco pipe fragments, pieces of bottle glass and various iron objects.

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Map sheet	TF91SE
Civil Parish	DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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December 2003 to January 2004. Metal detecting.
No significant finds in field apart from strap handle fragment of glazed Grimston ware weighing 12g.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 February 2004.

January/February 2004. Metal detecting.
One medieval coin.
Two pieces of undatable copper alloy metal working debris.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 March 2004.

November 2015. Desk-based Assessment and Walkover Survey.
Assessment of large proposed development site.
During a walkover survey undertaken as part of this study a flint flake of probable Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date was found at the northern end of the site (at [1]). A refuse dump containing glass bottles of 19th- to early 20th-century date, salt-glazed pottery sherds and other relatively modern waste was also noted in the north-west corner of the field, at [2].
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 June 2023.

February 2016. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey of part of large proposed development area (Field 1).
Finds recovered included:
1 prehistoric flint flake.
1 ?Mesolithic flint flake and 1 possible notched flake.
1 Early Neolithic retouched blade-like flint flake
1 Neolithic flint end scraper, 1 unfinished scraper, 1 retouched flake and 1 blade.
1 ?Neolithic flint flake.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
1 ?Roman pottery sherd and 1?tegula fragment.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd.
4 post-medieval pottery sherds 2 bricks, 2 roof tiles, 5 pantiles, 3 ?pantiles, 1 ?drain pipe, 1 ?ridge tile and 5 clay tobacco pipe fragments.
26 post-medieval/modern pottery sherds, 1 roof slate and 2 glass bottle fragments.
Various post-medieval or later iron objects including 3 nails, 1 strap fitting, 1 bolt, 1 ring, 1 staple and 3 unidentified objects,
1 undatable butchered animal bone (sawn, suggesting probably late medieval to modern).
Information from draft report. Final version awaited. See NHER 67119 for details of subsequent phases of archaeological mitigation.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2023.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF102227 Unpublished Contractor Report: Evans, P. 2015. Archaeological Desk-based Assessment: Land at Swanton Road, Dereham, Norfolk. PCAS Archaeology Ltd. 1559.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)

Object Types (38)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
NOTCHED FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
TEGULA (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1401 AD to 1600 AD)
BOLT (FASTENING) (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
DRAIN PIPE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
NAIL (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
PANTILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
PANTILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
RIDGE TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
RING (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STAPLE (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
BOTTLE (19th Century to Late 20th Century - 1801 AD to 2000 AD)
BOTTLE (19th Century to Late 20th Century - 1801 AD to 2000 AD)
POT (19th Century to Late 20th Century - 1801 AD to 2000 AD)
POT (19th Century to Late 20th Century - 1801 AD to 2000 AD)
ROOF SLATE (19th Century to Late 20th Century - 1801 AD to 2000 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2023 3:05PM