NHER 6558 (Find Spot record) - Roman, medieval and post-medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG13NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BACONSTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1959. Stray Find.
Found by [1] during farming operations.
1 Roman upper stone of sandstone quern.
See local press article (S1). This discovery was also reported in (S2).
Information from (S3) and (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 May 2019.
March-April 2008. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection (Field 28).
Finds recovered included:
4 post-medieval pottery sherds, 1 copper alloy sheet fragment and 1 iron spherical object.
1 ?post-medieval ?pantile.
2 undatable lead waste fragments
See report (S5) for further details. This work is also noted in (S6)
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
Previously recorded under NHER 51444.
S. Howard (NAL), 19 November 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 May 2019.
April 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
4 medieval coins and a harness pendant.
4 post-medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 September 2016.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF3507 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1959. Ancient millstone found in Norfolk. 25 May.
- <S2> SNF87124 Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 3.
- <S3> SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Baconsthorpe.
- <S4> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 13 NW 3.
- <S5> SNF72567 Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Smith, M. 2008. An Archaeological Fieldwalking and Metal-detector Survey Along the Route of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Grid Connection. NAU Archaeology. 1808a.
- <S6> SNF81775 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Hoggett, R. 2010. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2009. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt I pp 135-147.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (15)
- WASTE (Unknown date)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1306 AD to 1307 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1311 AD to 1314 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1369 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1413 AD)
- PANTILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SHEET (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (16th Century - 1565 AD to 1565 AD)
- COIN (16th Century - 1587 AD to 1590 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1601 AD to 1602 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1696 AD to 1696 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 15 2022 11:16AM