NHER 20247 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds scatter

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Summary

A Neolithic leaf arrowhead, made of flint, Roman coins and brooches, and medieval and post medieval coins and other metalwork, found by metal detecting and part of a larger scatter, which suggests the presence of a settlement near this site during the Iron Age and Roman periods.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG30NE
Civil Parish LINGWOOD AND BURLINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1982 to 1984.
Finds with metal detecting.
Neolithic flint arrowhead.
Roman coins and brooches, and an unusual seal box lid, decorated with enamel.
Medieval coins and post medieval coins and metalwork.
W. Milligan (NCM) April 1984.

1987. Metal detecting.
Medieval coin.

1988. Metal detecting.
Roman coins.

See list in file.

Large scatter including NHER 17259, NHER 18298, NHER 18299, NHER 20246, NHER 20247, NHER 24348, NHER 29175 and NHER 29176. The number of Iron Age and Roman finds from this area suggests that this was the site of a settlement in the Iron Age and Roman period, although its exact nature is uncertain.
Sarah Spooner (NLA) August 2005.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SEAL BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BOX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DRESS COMPONENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

May 22 2017 3:22PM

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