NHER 66115 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

A systematic fieldwalking and metal-detector survey of part of this field in 2021 recovered a small number of prehistoric worked flints; potentially medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; medieval and post-medieval coins and a number of other, predominantly undated and late post-medieval/modern metal objects. These metal finds include a Saxon/medieval pin; medieval/post-medieval buckles, a mount and copper alloy vessel fragment and a post-medieval buckle, crotal bell and lead musket ball.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG12NE
Civil Parish AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

January-February 2025. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of onshore cable for Norfolk Vanguard and Boreas Offshore Wind Farms (Field 142).
No significant concentrations of material were identified. Finds recovered included:
1 prehistoric retouched flint flake, 2 cores, 1 blade-like flake and 1 flake.
7 undated copper alloy unidentified objects, 3 lead unidentified objects, 5 pieces of lead waste, a lead weight and piece of iron slag.
Saxon/medieval pin.
2 medieval coins.
1 ?medieval pottery sherd.
2 medieval/post-medieval buckles, a mount and copper alloy vessel foot.
2 post-medieval coins, 1 pottery sherd, buckle, crotal bell and lead musket ball.
Post-medieval/modern button, domed furniture stud, spoon, mount, copper alloy rope binding, copper alloy vessel fragment and lead cloth or feedbag seal.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 December 2025.

Associated Sources (0)

  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SLAG (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • WASTE (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • PIN (Early Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • MOUNT (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
  • MUSKET BALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROPE (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
  • SEAL (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
  • SPOON (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
  • STUD (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)
  • BUTTON (19th Century to Late 20th Century - 1801 AD to 2000 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Dec 21 2025 10:55AM

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