NHER 22029 (Find Spot) - Neolithic worked flints and multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1985 and metal-detecting between 1988 and 2024 recovered prehistoric worked flints including a Neolithic axehead, flakes, cores, blades and scrapers and a Neolithic/Bronze Age scraper; Roman pottery sherds; a Late Iron Age unfinished gold coin blank; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a Roman coin blank; medieval and post-medieval jettons and tokens and a range of other, Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include Roman brooches; an Early Saxon small-long brooch; a Late Saxon finger ring; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories, coin weights and lead weights; medieval harness mounts, a harness pendant, book clasp, candlestick, key and padlock; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy cauldron fragment and lead cloth seal and post-medieval harness mounts, book clasps, a hooked sword-belt mount, tap handle, toy, openwork stud, openwork mount, copper alloy seal matrices, copper alloy apothecary weight and lead cloth seals.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NE
Civil Parish POSTWICK WITH WITTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

1985. On ploughed surface. Scatter of worked flints found in fieldwalking. [1]
One core, fifteen flakes, two blades, one scraper.
J. J. Wymer (NAU), 5 February 1986.

April 1988. Metal-detecting find from ploughsoil. [2]
Short cross silver penny, John Class 5b, Richard at London.
A. Gregory (NAU), 12 May 1988.

In addition, a source in 1995 showed A. Rogerson of the NLA a number of medieval and post medieval coins found between 1980 and 1995 on either this site or NHER 13603, he did not know which.
List in file under NHER 13603.

August to September 1996. Metal-detector find. [3]
Asymmetric gilded bronze plate, one end broken off at perforation. Off-centre projecting lobes and trilobed terminal with circular perforation. Decorated with single-line border and criss-cross lines of punched dots. Perhaps a book clasp, medieval.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 September 1996.

August to September 1997. Metal-detector finds. Whole field. [3]
One Roman, four medieval and two post-medieval coins.
Two post-medieval tokens.
See lists in secondary file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 October 1997.

October to November 1998. Metal-detecting. [4]
Post-medieval and medieval coins and jetton.
Medieval and post-medieval metal finds.
See lists in secondary file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 December 1998.

December 2006-January 2007. Metal-detecting.
Three medieval and four post-medieval coins.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 February 2007.

July-August 2008, Metal-detecting.
Post-medieval weight and token.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 September 2008.

August-September 2008. Metal detecting.
Medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects; 1 post-medieval coin and a coin weight.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 October 2008.

September-October 2008. Metal-detecting.
Neolithic flake flint, 1 medieval and 1 post-medieval coin, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects and 1 post-medieval token.
See lists in file.
A Rogerson (NLA), 6 November 2008.

March-April 2010. Metal-detecting.
3 medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 May 2010.

February-March 2011. Metal-detecting.
Prehistoric worked flints, Romano-British sherd, 7 Roman and 7 post-medieval coins, post-medieval jetton, Early Saxon brooch, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 13 April 2011.

January-February 2013. Metal-detecting. [5].
Neolithic flint sickle fragment.
Early Bronze Age plano-convex flint knife.
Roman Langton Down brooch.
2 medieval coins, strap loops and lead weights.
Medieval/post-medieval coin weight and lead weight.
6 post-medieval coins, 3 tokens, harness mounts, buckles, a a coin weight, book clasp, lead bale seal, unidentified lead object and lead cloth seals.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 12 March 2013.

February-March 2013. Metal-detecting. [6].
Neolithic flint axehead and core.
2 medieval coins and a buckle.
1 post-medieval coins, buckles and a coin weight.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 May 2013.

July-September 2015. Metal-detecting. [7].
2 medieval coins and 1 jetton.
1 post-medieval coin and a book clasp.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 October 2015.

January-February 2016. Metal-detecting. [8].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint scraper and retouched flake.
3 Roman coins.
Medieval harness mounts.
Post-medieval buckle and dress hook.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 March 2016.

December 2019-March 2020. Metal-detecting. [9].
17 Roman coins and a copper alloy coin blank.
1 medieval coin.
Medieval/post-medieval coin weight and lead cloth seal.
5 post-medieval coins (one Spanish), 4 tokens, an openwork stud, openwork mount, tap handle and lead cloth seals.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1 [10].
P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2021. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 20 September 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 25 September 2023, 14 October 2023 and 20 May 2024.

August 2020. Metal-detecting. [11].
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 March 2023.

September 2020-May 2021. Metal-detecting. [12].
22 Roman coins and a brooch.
Late Saxon finger ring.
3 medieval coins, possible casket mount, harness pendant and coin weight.
19 post-medieval coins, 7 tokens and a coin weight.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 September 2023 and 18 November 2023.

April-September 2022. Metal-detecting. [13].
1 Neolithic flint flake.
3 Roman coins and a bow brooch.
1 medieval coin.
6 post-medieval coins and 6 tokens.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 December 2023 and 23 May 2024.

September 2023. Metal-detecting. [14].
Late Iron Age unfinished gold coin blank.
2 Roman coins.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 token.
Information from PAS import.
The Late Iron Age gold coin blank was submitted for consideration as Treasure (Ref: 2024 T479) and subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2024 and 29 July 2025.

August-September 2024. Metal-detecting. [15].
Medieval probable belt mount.
Post-medieval hooked tag and copper alloy fob seal matrix.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 July 2025.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Publication: British Museum. 2010. Treasure Act Annual Report 2008. p xxvi.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • AWL (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 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) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SICKLE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
  • COIN BLANK (Late Iron Age - 40 BC to 10 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 70 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 69 AD to 79 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 146 AD to 175 AD)
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  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN BLANK (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
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  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 355 AD to 361 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • SMALL LONG BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1100 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CANDLESTICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PADLOCK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1209 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1248 AD)
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  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1254 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1275 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1279 AD to 1279 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1301 AD to 1310 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1306 AD to 1307 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1550 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1370 AD to 1724 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1413 AD to 1422 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1423 AD to 1550 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1497 AD to 1521 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1650 AD)
  • STUD (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
  • APOTHECARY WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • TAP (16th Century to 19th Century - 1550 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1554 AD to 1558 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1566 AD to 1566 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1567 AD to 1567 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1584 AD to 1587 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1720 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • SEAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1604 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1625 AD)
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  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
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  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1648 AD to 1672 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1648 AD to 1672 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1648 AD to 1672 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1659 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1658 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1652 AD to 1667 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1652 AD to 1667 AD)
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  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1659 AD to 1659 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1659 AD to 1659 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • CUFF LINK (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1725 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1662 AD to 1662 AD)
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  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1670 AD to 1670 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1684 AD to 1684 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1687 AD to 1687 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (17th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1900 AD)

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