NHER 52663 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric, Roman, Early Saxon and Late Saxon to medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting at this location between 2008 and 2009 recovered Roman and medieval coins and a number of other metal objects, including Early Saxon brooches, a Late Saxon furniture or harness mount and a medieval coin weight. Subsequent fieldwalking has recovered a range of prehistoric worked flints, including a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe; an Early Neolithic retouched flake; a Neolithic polished axehead fragment; Neolithic/Bronze Age flakes, retouched flakes, end scrapers, side scrapers, blade-like flakes and debitage; a Neolithic/Early Bronze Age fabricator; a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age thumbnail scraper and an Early Bronze Age combination tool and plano-convex knife.

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Location

Map sheet	TG10NE
Civil Parish	COSTESSEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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December 2008- January 2009. Metal Detecting
1 Roman coin, 1 medieval coin and 1 medieval coin weight
See list in file
A. Rogerson (NLA) 9 February 2009

January- February 2009. Metal detecting.
Roman coin, Early Saxon brooches and a Late Saxon furniture or harness mount.
See list in file
A. Rogerson (NLA) 13 March 2009.

Before 2 July 2012. Stray Find.
1 Neolithic polished flint axehead fragment. An example of a 'regenerated axe', with the butt end reworked to form a thick tang (probably after a break).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 16 February 2019.

Before February 2016. Metal-detecting. [2].
Early Neolithic retouched flake.
Neolithic/Bronze Age flakes, retouched flakes, end scrapers, side scrapers, blade-like flakes and debitage.
Neolithic/Early Bronze Age fabricator.
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age thumbnail scraper.
Early Bronze Age combination tool and plano-convex knife.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 August 2016.

April 2024. Stray Find. [3].
1 Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2025.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (10)

Object Types (18)

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 250001 BC)
ASSEMBLAGE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 800 BC)
FABRICATOR (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 800 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 800 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 800 BC)
THUMB NAIL SCRAPER (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
COMBINATION TOOL (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BOW BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
SMALL LONG BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 13 2025 10:56AM