NHER 51430 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

A fieldwalking and metal-detecting survey of part of this field in 2008 recovered a range of finds including ?Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; a possible medieval floor tile; a post-medieval pantile; and post-medieval coin and a number of other, undatable metal objects. An excavation between 2008 and 2009 revealed three possible furrows, two ditches, one stake-hole and a layer of subsoil of medieval date. Medieval finds were recovered from the subsoil including a seal matrix.

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Map sheet	TG14SW
Civil Parish	WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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March-April 2008. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection (Field 15).
Finds recovered included:
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
2 medieval pottery sherds.
1 ?medieval ?floor tile.
1 post-medieval coin, 2 pottery sherds and 1 pantile.
2 ?post-medieval pottery sherds (1 possibly Roman).
1 undatable copper alloy sheet fragment, 1 lead waste fragment and 1 lead unidentified object fragment.
A higher than average concentration of small lead scraps was noted, the majority of which was not collected. Some modern ceramic building material fragments and metal artefacts were also observed, but not collected.
See report (S1) for further details. This work is also noted in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
S. Howard (NLA), 19 November 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 May 2019.

The results of trial trenching at this site in 2008 and a watching brief undertaken in 2009/2000 are now recorded under NHER 63388.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 June 2019.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF72567 Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Smith, M. 2008. An Archaeological Fieldwalking and Metal-detector Survey Along the Route of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Grid Connection. NAU Archaeology. 1808a.
<S2> SNF81775 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Hoggett, R. 2010. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2009. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt I pp 135-147. p 146.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (11)

SHEET (Unknown date)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
WASTE (Unknown date)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD?)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
PANTILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)

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Record last edited

Oct 8 2025 7:48AM