NHER 32150 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking and metal-detecting between 1994 and 1997 recovered Mesolithic, ?Early Neolithic, Neolithic and undatable prehistoric worked flints; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton and a token and Early Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Early Saxon pendant; medieval dress accessories and pilgrim badge and a medieval/post-medieval dagger chape, knife end cap and thimble.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG13SW
Civil Parish	CORPUSTY AND SAXTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Pre 1994. Stray find.
Description sent to NLA by NCM in May 1999 of two flints with grid reference of [1], which is the north-west boundary of this field:
1 Mesolithic flint blade core.
1 Neolithic flint blade core on polished axe fragment. See drawing (S1).
No date, but finds were recorded by P. Robins (NCM) in December 1994.
E. Rose, (NLA) 26 May 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 June 2014.

October-November 1996. Metal-detecting.
Finds from three fields:
3 medieval coins, 1 bar mount, 1 pilgrim badge/souvenir and 2 buckles.
1 medieval/post-medieval dagger chape and 1 thimble.
1 post medieval coin, 1 jetton, 1 token.
Numismatic items identified by J. Davies (NCM) and other objects by H. Geake (NLA). See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 6 December 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 June 2014.

November-December 1996. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman coin.
1 post medieval coin.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 3 January 1997.

July-August 1997. Metal-detecting.
25 undatable prehistoric flint flakes and flake fragments, 2 notched pieces and 5 retouched flakes.
1 Mesolithic retouched flint blade.
1 Neolithic flint side and end scraper.
1 Early Saxon spangle.
1 medieval/post-medieval knife end cap.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 8 September 1997.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF82218 Photograph: JHS, 26-27, Small figure..
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF91872 Illustration: Robins, P. 1994. Drawing of an ?Early Neolithic flint blade core on polished axe fragment. Paper. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)

Object Types (21)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
NOTCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
BLADE CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
RETOUCHED BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
BLADE CORE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC?)
SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
DRESS COMPONENT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
PENDANT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
KNIFE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
PILGRIM BADGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SCABBARD (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)