NHER 51459 (Find Spot record) - Medieval and post-medieval finds

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Summary

A fieldwalking and metal-detecting survey of part of this field in 2008 recovered a medieval pottery sherd and a small number of post-medieval metal objects, including buttons and copper alloy studs.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG13SW
Civil Parish	CORPUSTY AND SAXTHORPE, 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 3).
1 medieval pottery sherd.
2 post-medieval copper alloy buttons and 2 copper alloy studs.
1 undatable ring brooch/buckle, 1 lead waste fragment and 1 lead sheet fragment.
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), 20 November 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 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 63424.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2019.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<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 SNF72567 Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Smith, M. 2008.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> SNF80710 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hickling, S. 2010.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.
<S3> 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 (2)

Object Types (6)

BROOCH (Unknown date)
SHEET (Unknown date)
WASTE (Unknown date)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 10 2019 3:03PM