NHER 49896 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2006 recovered a Mesolithic flint blade, five late prehistoric flint flakes, two incomplete Roman brooches, an Early Saxon harness mount and a medieval horse harness suspension mount.

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Map sheet	TF82NW
Civil Parish	EAST RUDHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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October/November 2006. Metal detecting.
1 Mesolithic flint blade.
5 later prehistoric flint flakes.
2 Roman brooches (Langton Down and incomplete 1st century plate brooch).
1 Early Saxon harness mount, (S1).
1 medieval horse harness suspension mount.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM), other items by S. Ashley (NLA).See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 December 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 December 2013.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF75408 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2007. Drawing of an Early Saxon harness mount. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (5)

BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 3 2021 10:49AM