NHER 33217 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds scatter

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Summary

Metal detecting and fieldwalking recovered Roman pottery and three Roman brooches, a late Saxon bridle cheekpiece and a medieval or post medieval swivel, perhaps from a dog lead. Two copper alloy Late Iron Age coins were also recovered and thirty-one Roman coins. A possible Neolithic stone axe has also been found at the site.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM19SE
Civil Parish	ASLACTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

October 1997. Metal detecting and fieldwalking.
Two Iron Age coins.
Thirty-one Roman coins.
One post medieval coin.
See file.
Two sherds Roman pottery and three brooches.
Late Saxon bridle cheekpiece.
Medieval or post medieval swivel.
See file.
D.Gurney (NLA) 7 November 1997.

January-February 1998. Stray Find.
Surface find:
1 ?Neolithic ?stone axe. Possibly a pseudomorph. See outline sketch (S1).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 August 2014.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF92132 Illustration: Robins, P. 1998. Outline sketch of a ?Neolithic ?stone axehead (possibly a pseudomorph). Paper. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (9)

POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
HARNESS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Aslacton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Aug 5 2014 10:35AM