NHER 52896 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint blade and medieval buckle fragments

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Summary

Metal-detecting and a watching brief in 2006 revealed a prehistoric worked flint blade and fragments of medieval buckles.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF93NW
Civil Parish WALSINGHAM, 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 360-361).
Finds comprised a prehistoric worked flint blade and two medieval buckle fragments.
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 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2008.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)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 30 2022 8:22AM

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