NHER 4095 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age and medieval to post-medieval finds

About 1970. Stray Find. [1].
Found on land which was formerly allotments:
Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, virtually octagonal, facets decorated with raised ribs not always well distinguishable.
Of exactly same type as Watton hoard and almost certainly from the same workshop.
Length 102mm, Width, 47mm.
See drawing (S1).
Information from record card (S2). This discovery was reported in (S3).
This object is now in the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1991.163 : A) [2].
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 August 2018.

Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 December 2024.

29 April and 30 July 2022. Unsystematic Fieldwalking.
Molehills in northern part of field examined as part of National Lottery Heritage Fund funded 'The Past is All Around Us' project. Finds recovered included:
11 medieval pottery sherds.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd and 1 Collyweston stone roof tile.
9 post-medieval pottery sherds, 1 glazed pantile fragment and 1 clay tobacco pipe stem.
Modern pottery, nails, glass and ceramic building material were also recovered but not recorded.
See unpublished reports (S4) and (S5) and finds catalogue (S6) for further details.
A. Beckham (HES), 21 November 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 18 December 2024.

30 July 2022. Test Pitting.
Excavation of two test pits as part of National Lottery Heritage Fund funded 'The Past is All Around Us' project (EP1 and EP2). These were both situated in the northernmost part of the field, immediately to the west of the site of a former dwelling shown on the Castle Acre tithe map (S7).
Test Pit EP1 at [3] was dug to a maximum depth of 0.4m without natural geological deposits being reached. Finds recovered included:
4 medieval pottery sherds.
4 post-medieval pottery sherds, 2 pamment floor tiles and 4 clay tobacco pipe fragments.

Test Pit EP2 at [4] was dug to a maximum depth of 0.4m at which point a solid layer of chalk was encountered. It was uncertain whether this was a natural geological deposit or a floor surface. Finds recovered included:
10 medieval pottery sherds.
1 medieval/post-medieval brick fragment and 1 Collyweston stone roof tile.
5 post-medieval pottery sherds and 2 pamment floor tiles.

Modern pottery, nails, glass and ceramic building material were also recovered but not recorded.
See unpublished reports (S4) and (S5) and finds catalogue (S6) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 December 2024.