NHER 58498 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2013 and 2023 recovered a number of prehistoric worked flints, including a Late Upper Palaeolithic long blade, a Neolithic part-polished axehead, an Early Neolithic disc scraper and a Neolithic/Bronze Age scraper; Roman pottery sherds; a medieval stone roof tile fragments; medieval/post-medieval whetstones; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval jettons and a range of other, Bronze Age, Roman and Middle Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include an Early Bronze Age flat axehead; a Late Bronze Age razor fragment; a Late Iron Age/Roman brooch; Roman brooches; Middle Saxon pins; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval thimble, knife end cap and lead standing weight; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments and lead weight and a post-medieval unidentified copper alloy object, lead steelyard weight and lead alloy figurine.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF71SW
Civil Parish	MARHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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23 June 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Bronze Age razor (S1), (S2).
1 Roman coin.
1 post-medieval coin, a button and copper alloy finger-ring.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 September 2013.

April-May 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
Late Upper Palaeolithic flint long blade.
Neolithic part-polished flint axehead.
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin and a fragment of limestone roof tile.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 June 2014.

May-June 2014. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 post-medieval jetton.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2014.

June-July 2014. Metal-detecting. [4].
Undated whetstone.
2 Roman coins and a brooch.
2 medieval coins and 1 jetton.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 September 2014.

July-September 2014. Metal-detecting. [5].
Middle Saxon pin.
1 medieval coin and a standing weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014.

September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [6].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint scraper.
1 medieval jetton.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2014.

November-December 2014. Metal-detecting. [7].
Early Neolithic flint disc scraper.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 8 January 2015 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 February 2021.

December 2014-January 2015. Metal-detecting. [8].
Post-medieval lead steelyard weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 10 February 2015.

March-April 2015. Metal-detecting. [9].
1 Roman pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 May 2015.

May-June 2015. Metal-detecting. [10].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 August 2015.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [11].
Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead (S3).
Medieval/post-medieval sandstone honestone.
Information from PAS import.

September-October 2016. [12].
1 medieval coin and a pendent loop.
Post-medieval button and shoe buckle.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 27 August 2023.

May-June 2017. Metal-detecting. [13].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017.

February-March 2018. [14].
Late Iron Age/Roman Birdlip brooch.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 March 2021.

April-June 2018. Metal-detecting. [15].
Middle Saxon pin.
1 medieval coin and a strap end spacer.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 July 2018.

February-March 2020. Metal-detecting. [16].
Medieval/post-medieval whetstone or hone.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2020.

March 2020-May 2022. Metal-detecting. [17].
3 medieval coins and 1 stone roof tile fragment.
Post-medieval lead tin alloy cast male figurine.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 November 2023 and 12 December 2023.

April 2020-June 2022. Metal-detecting. [18].
Roman Colchester-derivative brooch.
1 medieval coin and a bar mount.
Post-medieval unidentified copper alloy object.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 December 2023 and 16 December 2023.

April 2020-October 2022. Metal-detecting. [19].
2 Roman coins and 2 Colchester-derivative brooches.
3 medieval coins, a strap end, thimble and knife end cap.
Medieval/post-medieval button and copper alloy cooking vessel foot.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 December 2023 to 1 September 2024.

January-March 2023. Metal-detecting. [20].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 March 2024.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
<S1> SNF90328 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2013. Drawing of a fragment of Late Bronze Age razor, probably of Piggott's (1946) Type I. Film. 1:1.
<S2> SNF98854 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2018. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age razor. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
<S3> SNF100285 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of an Early Bronze Age flat axe. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (13)

Object Types (63)

BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 12500 BC to 10001 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
FLAT AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
RAZOR (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 800 BC)
BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 50 BC to 50 AD)
WHETSTONE (Unknown date)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 120 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 50 AD to 100 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 50 AD to 80 AD)
POT (Roman - 100 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 125 AD to 138 AD)
COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
COIN (Roman - 293 AD to 296 AD)
COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
PIN (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 700 AD to 900 AD)
PIN (Middle Saxon - 730 AD to 850 AD)
WHETSTONE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
WHETSTONE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1100 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1136 AD to 1145 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1189 AD)
ROOF TILE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1539 AD)
ROOF TILE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1286 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
KNIFE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1418 AD to 1437 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1470 AD to 1600 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
FINGER RING (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1500 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1560 AD to 1561 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1583 AD to 1585 AD)
JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
BUTTON (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
STEELYARD WEIGHT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1684 AD to 1685 AD)
FIGURINE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1750 AD to 1850 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 16 2025 12:32AM