NHER 20002 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic to Bronze Age and medieval to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1978 and 1987 recovered a range of worked flints, including a Mesolithic tranchet axehead, a small Neolithic axehead, various Neolithic/Bronze Age pieces and a post-medieval gunflint. Metal-detecting between 2016 and 2022 recovered a Roman pottery sherd; medieval and post-medieval coins and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorls; a medieval buckle, strap end and copper alloy seal matrix; a medieval/post-medieval lead weight, dress hook, rings and a post-medieval buckle, toy plate, hinge, lead weight and crotal bell.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG10NW
Civil Parish	GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Spring 1978 and later. Fieldwalking. [1].
Found by [1] on surface of drilled field (finder's Site No. 222a):
1 Mesolithic fine flint axehead with deliberate notch in side. Described in R. Jacobi's records as a Norfolk-type adze with tranchet blow on upper face (S1).
2 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint blades, 20 flakes, 5 irregular cores, 1 chunk, 6 scrapers, 1 partly polished hammerstone.
1 post-medieval gunflint.
Identified and compiled by A. J. Lawson (NAU), 10 September 1980.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2014.

January 1987. Fieldwalking. [1].
Found by [1] (details as above):
1 Neolithic small flint axe from TG 1461 0640.
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint scraper (with flaking on wrong side) and 1 flake with slight retouch.
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 9 September 1988.
Finds subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.32.60).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2014.

May 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended 127m to the south-west. [2].
Post-medieval hinge fragment and crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 June 2016.

May-June 2016. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 medieval coin.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
1 post-medieval coin and a lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 July 2016.

September-October 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended 20m to the west. [4].
1 Roman pottery sherd.
Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorls
Medieval buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval rings.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 15 December 2016. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 7 February 2017.

March-April 2018. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [5].
Late Saxon/medieval spindle whorl.
Medieval buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval dress hook.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 25 June 2018. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 2 October 2018.

April-June 2019. Metal-detecting. [6].
Post-medieval toy plate.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2019.

July 2020. Metal-detecting. [7].
3 post-medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2021.

August 2020. Metal-detecting. [8].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2021.

October 2022. Metal-detecting. [9].
Medieval strap end and copper alloy seal matrix.
Post-medieval dress hook.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 January 2024 and 1 September 2024.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10253.
<S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (33)

TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
BLADE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
CORE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
DEBITAGE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
HAMMERSTONE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1400 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1100 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1500 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HINGE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1565 AD to 1565 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1567 AD to 1567 AD)
CROTAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
TOY (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1601 AD to 1602 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1614 AD to 1625 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 26 2025 12:20PM