NHER 16229 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period objects, coins and pottery sherds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CRINGLEFORD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Full Description
Autumn 1978. Norfolk Archaeological Research Group fieldwalking. On surface of lightly ploughed sandy loam.
Scatter of struck flints and pot boilers, no concentrations. Beaker sherd, 8mm maximum thickness, gritty fabric orange/grey, rouletted decoration.
Post medieval debris (brick, tile, glass, clay pipe, oysters etc).
Also stoneware sherds.
Beaker sherd seen by E. Rose (NAU), February 1980.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 10 June 1980.
1991. Flint found in 1978 identified by P. Robins (NCM).
Eleven end and round scrapers on flakes, five retouched flakes, one core scraper.
Also Grimston sherd not previously seen.
1988. Fieldwalking.
Found during survey of Norwich Bypass route, but not exactly located:
1 Palaeolithic large (8cm) flint flake. Very thick and rolled. Striated, heavily stained with much edge damage but secondary working apparently on thick side, so possibly a scraper. Condition indicates Lower Palaeolithic date.
Identified and compiled by J. J. Wymer (NAU), 3 January 1990. Information from (S6). Also recorded on (S7).
Subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2001.235).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 March 2014.
1988 to 1989. Fieldwalking in advance of Norwich Southern Bypass. Fields 30, 40, 41.
Worked flint, pot boilers, Roman sherds.
For full details of finds, including modern items not included in record, weather conditions etc see (S2) and (S3) in NHER 29040 Norwich Southern Bypass folder.
25 February 1991. Metal detecting. On line of Norwich Southern Bypass.
Very corroded 1st to 2nd century AD as.
Identified by D. Gurney (NLA).
W. Milligan (NCM), 5 March 1991
15 March 1991. Metal detecting.
Context 2. Three quarters of a penny of Eadwald (about 796 to 798 AD?). Obverse. EAD REX in two lines Reverse. Moneyer's name on quatrefoil EAD--t (Eadnoth). Legend not as in North no. 431, but as in British Museum Catalogue No. 3. Die axis 135 degrees, mass 0.883g.
See (S4) and (S5).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM).
1991 to 1992. Watching brief. Norwich Southern Bypass. Site 47 and 48.
1 prehistoric flint scraper.
3 Late Bronze Age decorated socketed axe with casting flaw, cutting edge of casting seams untouched.
Information from member of the public [1].
1 Roman coin, Follis Maximianus, London mint, VENIO POP ROM. PLN. Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
See unpublished document (S3) for further details.
See published monograph (S8) for summary of watching brief work.
W. Milligan (NCM), 5 March 1991.
Contexts 2 to 3. See also (S4) and (S5) in file under NHER 29040.
Flint scraper found at same time.
September 1992. Norwich Southern Bypass service road, reinstated.
Iron Age flint gritted sherd.
Post medieval spur fragment.
W. Milligan (NCM), 21 September 1992.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
- <S2> SNF57632 Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief.
- <S3> SNF57633 Unpublished Document: Bown, J.. 1992?. Norwich Southern Bypass Watching Brief: Site Lists and Annotated Maps.
- <S4> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
- <S5> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- <S6> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S7> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Cringleford.
- <S8> SNF50478 Monograph: Ashwin, T. and Bates S. 2000. Norwich Southern Bypass, Part I: Excavations at Bixley, Caistor St Edmund, Trowse. East Anglian Archaeology. No 91. pp 210-216.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (11)
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (18)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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