NHER 5499 (Monument record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Part of a Neolithic polished flint axe, Neolithic flint flakes, cores and potboilers were found here in the early 20th century. Since then, metal-detecting has recovered an Iron Age strap union and a Roman harness fitting.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF62SE
Civil Parish	KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Before 1906.
Part of polished axe from [1]. In KLM.
Information from (S1) and (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

1935. Stray finds from Reffley Wood.
Neolithic flakes. Also cores and pot boilers.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

3-4 September 1993. Metal detecting rally.
As part of a metal-detecting rally the rides/tracks in the wood were 'sown' with 500 Roman coins and fifteen Roman brooches.
No finds seen on the day of the rally (4 September 1993), but reports that all or most had been found the previous night.
NB field at [3] detected by about 200 people on 4 September 1993, no significant finds.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 September 1993.

5 September 1993. Metal-detecting.
Somewhere in wood; see above note by A. Rogerson (NLA).
Beautiful Roman protected loop terret.
Drawing (S6) and polaroid (S7) in file.
W. Milligan (NCM), 21 October 1993.

Loop terret donated to KLM by parents of finder after his sudden death.
L. Brewster (KLM), 20 December 1995.

Believed to come from 1993 rally; appeared at Sothebys 1994 as King's Lynn; when asked for grid reference vendor would only state [1].
Iron Age Celtic strap union with red enamel.
Purchased by KLM from [4]. Photograph in (S7) in file.
L. Brewster (KLM), 20 December 1995.

For details of aircraft crash site formerly recorded under this number, see NHER 62815.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 22 May 2019.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF7286 Article in Serial: Clark, W. G. 1905. Remains of the Neolithic Age in Thetford District. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt 1 (for 1904-1905) pp 25-35.
--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. King's Lynn (Gaywood).
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SE 8.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF5254 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MSS 126.
<S2> SNF1308 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409. p 404.
<S6> SNF80820 Illustration: White, S.. Unknown. Drawing of a Roman terret.. Film. 2:1.
<S7> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S8> SNF2965 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1995. Reffley Wood bronze saved from export. 21 November.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (6)

CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
STRAP FITTING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
HARNESS FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 11 2019 9:33AM