NHER 61640 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked flints and burnt flint scatters and Early Saxon brooch

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Summary

Fieldwalking at this site in 2003 identified several discrete scatters of potentially prehistoric burnt flints. Two of these scatters were associated with prehistoric worked flints of uncertain date. Metal-detecting in 2024 recovered a medieval coin and an Early Saxon brooch.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL99NE
Civil Parish LITTLE ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

September 2003. Fieldwalking.
Found at Context 1 (finder's Site 1):
?Prehistoric burnt flint scatter.
Prehistoric worked flints.

Found at Context 2 (finder's Site 2):
?Prehistoric burnt flint scatter.
Prehistoric worked flints.

Found at Context 3 (finder's Site 3):
?Prehistoric burnt flint scatter.

Objects identified by finder, see notes and sketch map in file [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 5 October 2016.

September 2024. Metal-detecting. [2].
Early Saxon Great Square-headed brooch.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 22 June 2025 and 29 July 2025.

IND23032026PH1 - PAS details awaited. [3].
East of England rally 16 November 2025.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 March 2026.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 570 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 24 2026 10:56AM

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