NHER 52897 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints and a medieval coin
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF93NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WALSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
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 362-365).
Finds comprised a prehistoric worked flint blade and a piercer, a silver medieval coin and a post-medieval lead object, possibly a weight.
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.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF72004 Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2008.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> SNF81896 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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (4)
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 30 2022 8:22AM