NHER 21084 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
25 January 1985. Fenland fieldwalking.
In reasonable ploughed and weathered field.
Context 1.
General scatter of flints with Iron Age sherds densest at above grid reference. FWL BL. Also some medieval sherds.
Context 2 at [1]:
Odd sherd of Iron Age pottery FWL BK.
Context 3 at [2]:
Sparse scatter of Iron Age sherds, very sparse animal bone also piece of tile that could be Roman and odd fragments of
post medieval rubbish; occasional flints. On flat chalk plateau. FWL 70.
Context 4 at [3]:
Sparse to moderate scatter of Iron Age sherds plus a few potboilers and odd bit of flint (?earlier activity) on flattish chalky plateau. Extension of nearby sites? Also distinctive round but broken pebbles. FWL 71.
R. Silvester (NAU), 26 January 1985.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
23 April 1985. Further finds from Context 2
Iron Age sherds and a few flints, some just into field to west that field not at present suitable for walking.
R. J. Silvester (NAU), 23 April 1985
Before 1991. Stray Find. [4].
Context 5 at [5]:
Flake from polished stone axe. Petrology No N315. Stone not identified yet.
See (S2).
W. Milligan (NCM), 15 January 1992.
April 2021-February 2023. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 Middle Saxon coin.
Information from PAS import.
Expanded to whole field. Former extent recorded as Context 5.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2024.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF14958 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 70. FENS.
- --- SNF14959 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 71. FENS.
- --- SNF15025 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL BK. FENS.
- --- SNF15026 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL BL. FENS.
- --- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
- <S2> SNF100321 Illustration: Robins, P. 1991. Drawing of a Late Neolithic flake from a polished stone axe. Find Illustration. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (11)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- WORKED OBJECT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 600 AD to 750 AD)
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 695 AD to 710 AD)
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 720 AD to 800 AD)
- COIN (Late Saxon - 959 AD to 973 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Aug 8 2025 6:27PM