NHER 55488 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 2009 and 2010 by Caistor Roman Project recovered prehistoric and Neolithic worked flint; Roman, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds and post-medieval building material and clay tobacco pipe. Metal-detecting in 2014 recovered Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and a number of other metal objects, including a Middle Bronze Age rapier blade fragment; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and post-medieval crotal bells and a clapper bell.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20SW
Civil Parish SWAINSTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

October 2009. Fieldwalking. Caistor Roman Project.
Prehistoric and Neolithic worked flint, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery, post-medieval building material.
See description in file, (S1) and (S2).
A. Rogerson (HES), 27 April 2011.

18 November 2010. Systematic fieldwalking. Caistor Roman Project, field CRP 4.5.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
6 medieval pottery sherds.
3 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds.
7 post-medieval pottery sherds, 1 clay tobacco pipe stem fragment and a 16th-century brick fragment.
Late post-medieval ceramic building material.
Modern ceramic building material, metal objects, glass, animal bones and pieces of stone including burnt flints.
Undatable ceramic building material and metal objects.
See list in file and (S3).
A. Rogerson (HES), 15 February 2013.

January-May 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
Middle Bronze Age rapier blade fragment (S4).
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin and a buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
1 post-medieval coin, buttons, crotal bells, a clapper bell and buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 September 2014 and P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: Caistor Roman Town Project. 2011. Caistor Roman Town Project map CRP4.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Caistor Roman Project. 2010. Caistor Roman Project, Field Survey Finds Record Card. Field 4.5.
  • <S3> Unpublished Document: Caistor Roman Town Project. 2011. Field Survey Finds Summary Record Cards. Field CRP 4.5.
  • <S4> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age rapier fragment. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC?)
  • RAPIER (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
  • BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 117 AD to 125 AD)
  • BRICK (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1203 AD to 1205 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BELL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1540 AD to 1800 AD)
  • BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1540 AD to 1800 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century to 18th Century - 1672 AD to 1729 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)
  • VESSEL (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 9 2024 2:45PM

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