NHER 52883 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric, Roman, medieval and post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting and a watching brief in 2006 revealed prehistoric worked flints, Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery and metal objects.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF93NE
Civil Parish BINHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

February-March 2006. Watching Brief and Metal-detecting Survey.
Monitoring and metal-detecting undertaken during topsoil stripping and trenching for Binham to Houghton St Giles water pipeline (Collection Units 56-81 and 114-124).
Finds revealed included prehistoric worked flints, a Roman finger ring, a Roman coin, medieval pottery sherds, a medieval or early post-medieval buckle and an early post-medieval buckle frame.
See report (S1) for further information. The results of this work are also noted in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.116).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 2 July 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2015 and 21 June 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2008. A Metal-detector survey and Archaeological Watching Brief on the Binham to Houghton St Giles pipeline, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1150.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 261-273. p 262.
  • BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 19 2021 2:09PM

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