NHER 51443 (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 prehistoric flint flake; Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds and a number of metal objects. The metal finds include a post-medieval shoe buckle, copper alloy stud and lead musket ball and several fragments of undatable lead waste. See NHER 63410 for details of excavation in 2008, which revealed a single undated pit.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG13NW
Civil Parish BACONSTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

March-April 2008. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection (Field 27).
Finds recovered included:
1 prehistoric flint flake.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
3 medieval pottery sherds.
2 post-medieval pottery sherds, 1 shoe buckle 1 cast copper alloy ?vessel foot, 1 copper alloy stud, 1 copper alloy folded strip and 1 lead musket ball.
3 undatable lead waste fragments and 1 lead folded sheet.
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), 29 May 2019.

The results of trial trenching in 2008 and a watching brief maintained during subsequent groundworks in 2009/2010 are now recorded under NHER 63410.
P. Watkins (HES), 5 June 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Smith, M. 2008.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> 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.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hickling, S. 2010. An Archaeological Evaluation, Excavation and Watching Brief along the route of the Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. NAU Archaeology. 1808c.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SHEET (Undated)
  • WASTE (Undated)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • MUSKET BALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 26 2026 10:52AM

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