NHER 49872 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period objects, coins and pottery sherds

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Summary

Metal detecting in this area during 2006-07 recovered a variety of objects. Finds included Neolithic worked flints, a Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment, Roman, medieval and post medieval coins. In addition, sherds of Beaker, Roman, medieval and post medieval pottery were recovered from the site.

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Map sheet	TG23NE
Civil Parish	GIMINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September - October 2006. Metal-detecting.
1 Neolithic small flint biface (possibly an unfinished Early Neolithic laurel leaf or an unstruck Late Neolithic Levellois core).
1 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery sherd.
1 Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment (S1).
1 Roman coin and 23 pottery sherds (16 greyware, 5 oxcidised, 1 oxcidised shelly and 1 Southen Gallish Samian).
4 medieval pottery sherds (2 unglazed, 1 glazed Grimston and 1 Siegburg stoneware).
4 post-medieval pottery sherds, 1 buckle frame, 1 knife-end stop and 1 button.
1 undated lump 0f ?metal working scrap.
Flint object identified by P. Robins (NCM), pottery by A. Rogerson (NLA), coin by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 November 2006.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 7 May 2014.

March - April 2007. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman coin, 32 pottery sherds (31 greyware, 1 oxcidised) and 2 furniture mounts (bell shaped).
6 medieval pottery sherds (unglazed) and 1 iron key.
1 post-medieval token, 2 pottery sherds (GRE), 1 buckle frame (tinned), 1 crotal bell and 1 crotal bell fragment.
1 undatable ?casting jet.
Pottery identified by A. Rogerson (NLA), numismatic items by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 May 2007.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 7 May 2014.

August - September 2007. Metal-detecting, site extended, previous site area recorded [1].
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 buckle plate fragment (gilt).
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other object by S. Ashley (NLA). See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 October 2007.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 7 May 2014.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF75406 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2006. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe.. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)

Object Types (18)

LAUREL LEAF (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
LEVALLOIS CORE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
POT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CASTING WASTE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 7 2020 5:34PM