NHER 33005 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints, Roman pottery sherds, medieval and post medieval objects

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1994 recovered a variety of medieval and post medieval finds. These include a medieval seal matrix and a medieval to post medieval buckle and brooch. Fieldwalking as part of the Holkham Estate Survey in 2000 recovered a concentration of possible prehistoric burnt flints and a thin scatter of pieces of Roman pot.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF94SW
Civil Parish WARHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1994. Metal detecting finds. [1]
Medieval seal matrix.
Medieval/post medieval ring.
Post medieval ?furniture fitting/mount.
Post medieval sheet moulds.
Undated lead weight.
Undated large bronze nail.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM).
See details in file.
'Medieval/post medieval buckle and brooch' added to artefact list by W. Milligan (NCM) but no details received.
V. Fryer (NCM), 17 June 1997.

2000. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Non-collection fieldwalking undertaken as part of archaeological assessment of Holkham Estate (Field 2).
Besides a concentration of burnt flints (twenty flints), possibly prehistoric, and two fragments of tile (undated), there was a thin scattter of Roman coarse greyware sherds at the northwest end of the field.
See report (S1) for further details.
K. Penn (NAU), 2 March 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 April 2015.

  • --- Article in Serial: Geake, H., Rogerson, A. and Ashley, S. 1999. Medieval Seal Matrices from Norfolk, 1996-1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 353-358.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2000. The Holkham Estate, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Archaeological Survey (Final Report). Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 532.
  • BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • TILE (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Undated)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • MOULD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • NAIL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 20 2020 1:34PM

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