NHER 3906 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking, metal-detecting and other survey work between 1949 and 2016 recovered late prehistoric worked flint, including a scraper; undated burnt flint; Bronze Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, medieval and medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds; medieval roof tile fragments; Roman coins and undated, Early Iron Age and Roman metal objects. The metal finds include undated iron slag; an Early Iron Age socketed axehead and a Roman cosmetic/toilet spoon, plate brooch and finger ring.

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  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71SE
Civil Parish NARBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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October 1935 and August 1938.
South of Camphill Plantation in park and dry pit to east of camp, also west of ice house on and to west of Devil's Dyke (NHER 6967) and inside fort (NHER 3975 for latter). About a hundred probable 2nd to 3rd century AD sherds, also two ?Bronze Age sherds, flint flakes, pot boilers.

1949. Stray Find [1].
At TF 7531 1289 (NHER 3906/context 1), opposite school; found in ploughing; Three AE coins of Constantius II, about 350-5.Obverse: FLIVL CONSTANTIUS NOBC. Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS PL (Lyons). Seen by R.R. Clarke (NCM) May 1949.

April 1972. Stray Find.
KLM 1993.688 includes material from [2] marked '3.4.1972 Narborough Crossroads'.
Ipswich and Thetford ware and iron slag. Is this from this site?
Information from A.Rogerson (NLA) December 1993.

March 1976. Observation.
See NHER 69001 for details of a possible low mound previously recorded under this record.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 16 March 1976. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 16 January 2025.

Late 1978 or early 1979. Stray Find.
Brought up by a mole from Devil's Dyke (NHER 3937) at Narborough Cricket Field (c. TF 7498 1290):
1 Roman pottery sherd. See drawing (S1).
Brought to King's Lynn Museum and identified by E. M. James (KLM).
Information from (S2).
Previously recorded under NHER 3937.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 July 2018.

Before September 1980.
See NHER 69001 for details of a cropmark of a ring ditch previously recorded under this record.
J. Bown (NAU), 1 October 1980. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 16 January 2025.

February 1988. Metal detecting. Iron slag over west end of site found.
W. Milligan (NCM), 16 February 1988.

1997. Fieldwalking finds by owners, with one rabbit burrow dug further to reveal more pottery.
See list in file.
Items found by B. Cushion (NLA) whilst perusing for earthworks also included on list.
B.Cushion (NLA), June 1997.

1998. Metal detecting. [3].
One Roman coin.
See form in file. Identified by J.Davies (NCM), 19 August 1998.
K.Sussams (NCM), 19 August 1998.

January-February 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the northern field boundaries. [4].
Early Iron Age iron socketed axehead (S2).
Roman plate brooch and finger ring.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 July 2016.

March-April 2016. Metal-detecting. [5].
Roman cosmetic/toilet spoon.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 June 2016.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Narborough.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Narborough.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Narborough [2].
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 71 SE 15; TF 71 SE 16; TF 71 SW 5.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: [King's Lynn Museum staff]. 1979. Drawings of a Roman pottery sherd. Paper. Not to scale.
  • <S2> Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. NHER 3937.
  • <S3> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2016. Drawing of an Early Iron Age iron socketed axehead. Film. 1:1.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 600 BC)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COSMETIC SPOON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 3:47PM

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