NHER 60096 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1975-1976 recovered a range of prehistoric worked flints, including Neolithic blades, a core, scrapers and retouched flakes. Subsequent fieldwalking and metal-detecting between 2010 and 2025 recovered Roman, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; medieval/post-medieval brick fragments; undatable oyster shell fragments; undatable slag and various metal objects, including a possible Roman bracelet fragment; medieval dress accessories, a harness pendant and suspension mount and copper alloy pilgrim badge and a post-medieval end cap from scale-tang knife and leatherworker's stamp.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG04SW
Civil Parish WIVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Pre 1975. Stray Find.
This field is one of several in Wiveton that formed the lands of Church Farm in 1977. Prior to this date the farmer [1] had collected 38 Neolithic flaked and polished flint axeheads from these fields, although unfortunately the exact provenance of these objects was not recorded. See NHER 60094 and (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 6 July 2014.

1975-1976. Fieldwalking.
Finder's Field 122.
Fieldwalked by [2] as part of a larger survey of the lands of Church Farm, Wiveton.
94 worked flints, including 1 end scraper, 1 discoidal scraper, 1 two-platform core, 3 retouched flakes and 2 blades/bladelets. These were thought to be predominantly Neolithic in date.
See (S1) for further details, in which the discoidal scraper and one of the retouched flakes are illustrated.
Previously recorded (along with the other fields examined in Wiveton) under NHER 15636.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 July 2014.

5 April 2010-8 May 2010. Fieldwalking. [5].
Finds recorded by HES on the PAS database:
2 Roman pottery sherds.
13 medieval pottery sherds.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds and 3 brick fragments.
4 post-medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
Finds not recorded by HES on the PAS database:
Undated oyster shell, tile, slag, clinker, coal fragments and an iron nail.
Modern pantile and salt glazed drain pipe.
A. Beckham (HES), 22 December 2014.

September 2013. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 16. [3].
DT2013 - PAS details to follow.
See finder's map and (S2) in file for NHER 15636.
NOTE: Discovery Tours Fields 15 and 16 are now two separate NHER numbers (Field 16 now NHER 60096, Field 15 remains NHER 15636) so any finds will need to be split across these two records.
A. Beckham (HES), 23 September 2013.

August 2014. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 15. [4].
DT082014 - Details to follow.
For additional low grade finds not recorded by HES see (S3) in file for NHER 60095.
A. Beckham (HES), 14 October 2014.

August 2014. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval strap clasp.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014.

Before 1 May 2024. Metal-detecting. [6].
Unidentified cast copper alloy object (possible part of a Roman bracelet).
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2025.

August-September 2025. Elden Tours, Field GH4. [7].
Medieval buckle, strap end, annular brooch, harness pendant and suspension mount and copper alloy pilgrim badge (depicting a mounted St George).
Post-medieval end cap from scale-tang knife and leatherworker's stamp.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 February 2026 and 18 February 2026.

  • <S1> Thesis: Gidney, L. J.. 1977. Some Neolithic Flint Axes and a Surface Collection from Church Farm, Wiveton, Norfolk.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Discovery Tours. 2013. Discovery Tours Low Grade Material Record Sheet.
  • <S3> Unpublished Document: Discovery Tours. 2014. Discovery Tours Low Grade Material Record Sheet. Field Nos. 14 and 15.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CLINKER (Unknown date)
  • NAIL (Unknown date)
  • OYSTER SHELL (Unknown date)
  • SLAG (Unknown date)
  • TILE (Unknown date)
  • BRACELET / UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1225 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1218 AD to 1242 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1350 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • PILGRIM BADGE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BRICK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • LEATHER STAMP (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1544 AD to 1547 AD)
  • POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1584 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1561 AD to 1582 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1651 AD)
  • DRAIN PIPE (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
  • TILE (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2026 11:15PM

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