NHER 58885 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG33SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PASTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
June-July 2001. Watching Brief. [2].
Observation of trench dug for new electricity cable running between Bacton and North Walsham (Field 35).
No archaeologically significant features or deposits observed.
Unstratified finds recovered included:
1 ?prehistoric burnt flint.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.442).
P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2015. Amended 27 May 2019.
June-July 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
3 Roman pottery sherds and a figurine of a cockerel (S3).
Medieval horse harness mount in the form of a bird.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd.
Post-medieval sword pommel.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 September 2013.
August 2015. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 4. Site extended to whole field.
Finds recorded by HES on the PAS database [3]:
DT082015 - PAS details to follow.
Information from PAS import.
Finds recorded by Discovery Tours, I. Riddler or A. Marsden:
Details to follow.
Also see (S4) for details of low grade material recovered from this field and Discovery Tours fields 5 and 6.
A. Beckham (HES), 30 September 2015.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- <S1> SNF49501 Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. and Underdown, S. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief on the North Walsham to Bacton Cable Trench. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 612.
- <S2> SNF49501 Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. and Underdown, S. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief on the North Walsham to Bacton Cable Trench. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 612. p 170.
- <S3> SNF90076 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2013. Drawing of a Roman copper alloy figurine, cast in the form of a crudely modelled cockerel.. Film. 2:1.
- <S4> SNF93641 Unpublished Document: Discovery Tours. 2015. Discovery Tours Low Grade Material Record Sheet. Fields 4, 5 and 6.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (7)
- BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SWORD (17th Century to 18th Century - 1675 AD to 1800 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 27 2019 6:55PM