NHER 60408 (Find Spot record) - Lower Palaeolithic, Late Bronze Age, Roman and post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2015 and 2016 recovered a Lower Palaeolithic elongated ovate handaxe; Roman and post-medieval coins; a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment and a post-medieval barrel tap spout.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG00SE
Civil Parish WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

February-March 2015. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Lower Palaeolithic elongated ovate flint handaxe. See drawing (S1).
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 June 2015.

January-February 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
1 Roman coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 May 2016.

February-March 2016. Metal-detecting. [3].
Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment (S2).
Post-medieval barrel tap spout.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 May 2016 and P. Watkins (HES), 23 February 2025.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of a Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Wymondham. Film. 1:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2016. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 103 AD to 117 AD)
  • TAP (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1561 AD to 1582 AD)

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Record last edited

May 17 2025 6:52PM

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