NHER 31525 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and multi period pottery sherds and metal finds, Barrow Hill

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Summary

Fieldwalking here in 1993 recovered a diverse range of finds. These included a large number of late prehistoric flint tools and undatable pot-boilers, late prehistoric, Roman, Early Saxon and medieval pottery sherds. Metal detecting here in 2002 revealed Roman metal objects including coins and a finger ring.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL88SW
Civil Parish THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Before 9 October 2002. Metal detecting.
Roman copper alloy finger ring.
6 Roman coins.
See lists in file.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 30 June 2008.

22 May - 17 June 1993. Barrow Hill. Fieldwalking in good conditions.
Prehistoric, Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon, medieval sherds.
Prehistoric, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age worked flints including leaf point.
See note by [1] and identifications by A. Rogerson (NLA) and P. Robins (NCM) in file, and (S1) in file showing 49 context sub-divisions in three areas of clear felled and de-stumped ground (Forestry Commission).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 September 1995.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: Finder's Map..
  • BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • END SCRAPER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LAUREL LEAF (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • THUMB NAIL SCRAPER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2014 9:03AM

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