NHER 41341 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking and metal-detecting between 2004 and 2018 recovered a large collection of prehistoric worked flints, including Neolithic/Early Bronze Age scrapers; a medieval pottery sherd; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins, a post-medieval jetton; and Middle/Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The prehistoric worked flints include a Mesolithic/Neolithic adze and pick; Neolithic scrapers, borers, sickles, hammerstones, a knife and an awl; Neolithic/Bronze Age scrapers, flakes, a borer and a notched tool and a late prehistoric blade, flake, borer and knife. The metal objects include a Middle/Late Saxon brooch; Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorls; medieval buckles, a lead weight, strap-end and harness pendant; medieval/post-medieval weights, a hooked tag, and a button; and a post-medieval harness mount and buckle.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG11SE
Civil Parish	COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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Before 7 February 2005. Fieldwalking.
30 worked flints, undatable prehistoric but probably with a Neolithic component.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 February 2005.

Before 2 June 2006. Fieldwalking.
1 Neolithic flint end scraper and 1 side and end scraper.
1 undatable prehistoric retouched flake.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 September 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2014.

Before August 2007. Fieldwalking.
1 undatable prehistoric flint flake.
3 Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint end scrapers.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see list and descriptions in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2014.

2009. Fieldwalking.
1 Mesolithic flaked tranchet adze.
4 Neolithic end scrapers, 2 piercers, 1 ?sickle or knife and 1 hammerstone.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM). See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 March 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 March 2014.

December 2010-January 2011. Metal-detecting.
Three Roman and one medieval coin.
See lists in file.
A. Marsden (HES), 11 February 2011.

May 2012. Fieldwalking. [1].
?Mesolithic/Neolithic pick.
Neolithic/Bronze Age notched tool and a blade-like flake.
Neolithic/Early Bronze Age scrapers.
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age piercer.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 March 2014.

May 2012-April 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
Middle/Late Saxon brooch.
Medieval lead weight, strap-end and harness pendant.
Medieval/post-medieval hooked tag.
Post-medieval harness mount and buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 June 2014.

September 2014-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorls.
1 medieval pottery sherd and buckles.
Medieval/post-medieval button and lead weight.
3 post-medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 August 2016.

January-July 2017. Metal-detecting. [4].
Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint scrapers.
3 medieval coins.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 May 2017.

July-November 2018. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval buckles.
Medieval/post-medieval weight.
1 post-medieval jetton and a button.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 October 2019.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (12)

Object Types (54)

RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
ADZE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
PICK (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
AWL (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
BORER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
BORER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
HAMMERSTONE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
HAMMERSTONE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
KNIFE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
SICKLE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SICKLE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
BORER (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
COIN (Roman - 103 AD to 117 AD)
COIN (Roman - 333 AD to 334 AD)
COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 375 AD)
BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1000 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1209 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1200 AD to 1800 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1412 AD to 1413 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1544 AD to 1547 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1700 AD)
JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)

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Record last edited

May 3 2023 10:32AM