NHER 21317 (Monument record) - Possible Roman settlement and multi-period finds

Pre 1984. Found at various dates. From field in area of grid reference 'or perhaps around farm lands'.
?Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Information from member of the public [1].
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
J. Wymer (NAU) and E. Rose (NAU), 3 May 1985.

Further finds including possible Early Saxon sherds seen by A. Rogerson (NAU).
These said to be definitely from this site, but area indicated on map by member of the public [1] was unclear; it extended up to and perhaps included ring ditches NHER 12795.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 June 1985.

1986.
Further finds of much Roman wares and including Middle Saxon wares.

1987 to 1988.
Roman coins and bracelet found.

March to April 1988. Further metal detecting. Area now definitely established.
Roman coins, brooches; Bronze Age spearhead (S2); medieval metal objects.

1991. Further finds.
Roman probe and coin, medieval hasp.

May 1992. Metal detecting.
Roman coins and pottery. Medieval belt fitting.

1996. Fieldwalking.
1 Mesolithic/Neolithic retouched flint blade [2].
2 Roman pottery sherds (1 Nene Valley colour coated and 1 greyware).
1 ?Roman tile and 1 lava quern fragment.
Flint identified by P. Robins (NCM) and other objects by A. Rogerson (NLA). See notes and descriptions in file.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 July 2014.

1997, up to mid May. Southern part. Metal detecting.
Roman coins.
Two Early Saxon wrist clasps, medieval/post medieval buckle, eleven Roman coins.
For full details see lists and map in file
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 July 1997.

1998. Metal detecting. May include sites from NHER 32745. Note includes the latter and the southern part of NHER 21317.
Roman, medieval and post medieval metal finds.
Eight Roman, two medieval and one post medieval coin.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 June 1999.

First half 1999. Metal detecting.
Four Roman coins.
Early Saxon brooch.
Medieval knife.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 December 1999.

17 April 2000. Fieldwalking.
Flint blade, undatable prehistoric.
See lists in file. Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 February 2001.

2001. Fieldwalking.
Neolithic flake.

February 2002. Fieldwalking. Gridded fieldwalking, training for members of Blakeney Historical Society.
?Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Undatable prehistoric flints.
See lists and 1:2500 plan in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 May 2002.

February 2003. Fieldwalking. Gridded. Grids H1-3 to J1-3.
Undatable prehistoric flints.
Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
See lists and plan in file.
See also sheets of finds distribution for 2001.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 March 2003.

Before 11 May 2005. Metal detecting.
Six Roman coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 October 2005.

November 2005.
The large quantity of Roman pottery and the large number of Roman coins found suggest that this was possibly the site of a Roman settlement. The discovery of Roman metalwork also supports this conclusion.
D. Robertson (NLA), 24 November 2005.

February 2010. Gridded fieldwalking.
Late prehistoric worked flints, Iron Age, Romano-British, Early Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pot sherds, Romano-British tile, post-medieval brick.
See list and plan with notes in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 7 December 2010.

2010-2013. Metal-detecting. [7].
Late Iron Age/Roman Langton Down brooch.
Roman brooches, a key handle and spoon fragment.
Medieval buckles, a harness pendant, strap fitting and lead ampulla.
Post-medieval spur fragments, a harness mount, knife shoulder bolster, harness mount, weight and buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 August 2017, E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017 and P. Watkins (HES), 12 September 2023 and 28 August 2024.

10 November 2012. Fieldwalking.
Systematic fieldwalking by Binham Local History Group. No further details available about the finds recovered.
See sketch map (S3).
A. Beckham (HES), 4 August 2017.

December 2012. Fieldwalking. [8].
8 Iron Age pottery sherds.
136 Roman pottery sherds.
2 Early/Middle Saxon pottery sherds.
45 medieval pottery sherds and 1 ceramic roof tile fragment,
7 post-medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
See sketch map (S3).
A. Beckham (HES), 4 August 2017.

2015-2020. Metal-detecting. [9].
Early/Middle Iron Age copper alloy ring-headed pin.
Late Iron Age/Roman Colchester brooch and terret.
14 Roman pottery sherds.
Early Saxon Equal-arm brooch (S4) and mount from stave-built bucket.
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl.
Medieval buckles and a binding strip from casket.
Medieval/post-medieval spur rowel, spoon and copper alloy vessel fragments.
Post-medieval crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2024 and 12 March 2024.

January-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [10].
Late Iron Age/Roman brooch.
10 Roman coins, a brooch and a spoon fragment.
Medieval strap fittings and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2019.

September 2023-July 2024. Metal-detecting. [11].
2 Roman coins and copper alloy lathe-turned vessel fragment.
1 post-medieval jetton and a coin weight.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 22 June 2025.