NHER 58958 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2013 and 2016 recovered a Neolithic polished axehead; medieval and post-medieval coins and Late Bronze Age and Roman metal objects. The metal finds include Late Bronze Age sword fragments and a Roman copper alloy patera handle.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG32NE
Civil Parish	LESSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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October 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
Roman copper alloy patera handle
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 April 2014.

May-June 2014. Metal-detecting. Site extended to whole field. [2].
Neolithic polished axehead.
Late Bronze Age sword fragments, joining.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 November 2014.

May-June 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
See finders map.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2015.

March-April 2016. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Bronze Age sword fragment (S1).
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2024.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF102252 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2016. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age sword fragment. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (6)

AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SWORD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1150 BC to 801 BC)
SWORD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)
VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1574 AD to 1574 AD)

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Record last edited

May 26 2024 2:49AM