NHER 63823 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic to Bronze Age, Roman, and medieval to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2019 recovered Neolithic to Bronze Age scrapers; a Roman mortarium sherd, a medieval pottery sherd; medieval and post-medieval coins; as well as Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Saxon/post-medieval spindle whorl; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories, a copper alloy vessel fragment, a thimble, and a knife shoulder bolster; and a post-medieval crotal bell.

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Map sheet	TF82NE
Civil Parish	DUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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October-November 2019. Metal-detecting. [1].
Neolithic to Bronze Age scrapers.
1 Roman mortarium pottery sherd.
Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorl.
1 medieval coin, 4 pottery sherds, and a button.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment, a shoulder bolster from a whittle-tang knife, a button, and a thimble.
1 post-medieval coin, a button, and a crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 10 January 2020.

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Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (13)

SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
MORTARIUM (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1189 AD to 1190 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval - 1230 AD to 1450 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1589 AD to 1592 AD)
BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
CROTAL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1770 AD to 1813 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 16 2021 9:46AM