NHER 22809 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic, Roman and medieval to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking at this location between 1985 and 1987 recovered Neolithic worked flints and Roman and medieval pottery. Part of a Neolithic flint axehead was also recovered here around the same time. Metal-detecting in 2023 recovered a Roman coin and a medieval/post-medieval knife handle/pommel.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG00NE
Civil Parish BARFORD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

December 1985. Stray Find. [1].
Found on surface of ploughed field on Hill Farm:
Butt end of Neolithic flaked flint axe, thinly patinated with iron spots.
Identified and compiled by J.J. Wymer (NAU) 31 July 1986.
Information from record card (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 November 2023.

Grid ref corrected by finder on map.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 August 1986. Information from record card (S1).

Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [2].
P. Watkins (HES), 28 November 2023.

1985-1987. Fieldwalking.
Survey undertaken for dissertation (S2).
From area centred at [3] (Context 1):
Neolithic flint scraper, core, flake and blades.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU).
Previously recorded as NHER 25206.
From area centred at [4] (Context 2):
Roman and medieval pottery.
Identified by A. Gregory (NCM).
Previously recorded as NHER 25207.
E. Rose (NAU) 10 April 1989. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 29 November 2023.

September 2023. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval/post-medieval knife handle/pommel.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 July 2025.

September 2023. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2024.

  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Freezer, D.. 1987. The Field Archaeology and Landscape History of the Parish of Barford..
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 14 AD to 37 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1194 AD to 1205 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 18th Century - 1400 AD to 1800 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 12 2025 8:20AM

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