NHER 39785 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flint tools, Roman bowl and coin, medieval and post medieval objects

October 2003. Metal-detecting and Excavation.
Metal-detecting following completion of archaeological evaluation (NHER 37648). Various objects recovered from backfill of evaluation trenching including:
Neolithic polished axe fragment and other worked flints.
One Roman and one medieval coins.
Late Saxon sherd.
Medieval, post medieval and undatable metal objects.

A group of objects was also found in situ next to one of the evaluation trenches. These finds were exposed at a depth of 0.35m following a small excavation and included a ?Roman copper alloy vessel that appeared to have been deliberately placed in an upside-down position (S1). It was associated with a number of iron objects including a tanged knife and nail.

See short report (S2), lists and x-rays in file.
J. Allen (NLA), 24 October 2003 and A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 March 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 February 2017.