NHER 41826 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

In 1975 a prehistoric saddle quern was ploughed up at this location. A Watching Brief undertaken in 2006 and metal-detecting between 2002 and 2013 recovered a range of additional finds including Mesolithic and undatable prehistoric flints; Iron Age, Roman and Early Saxon pottery; Roman and post-medieval coins (including a pieced Roman coin); a medieval jetton and Late Bronze Age to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Bronze Age socketed axe, a Roman decorative mount and lead steelyard weight; medieval strap-ends, a strap clasp and lead spindle whorl; a medieval/post-medieval thimble and copper alloy vessel fragment; a post-medieval crotal bell and dividers and an undatable strap fitting.

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  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF93NE
Civil Parish HINDRINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1974. Stray Find.
Ploughed out at approximately [1]:
1 prehistoric saddle quern.
This information is taken from a map drawn by [2] indicating the locations of various discoveries made on the Field House estate [3]. See also correspondence in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 30 August 2016.

2002-2003. Metal-detecting.
1 Mesolithic retouched flint blade.
1 undatable prehistoric retouched flint flake and 2 unmodified flakes.
1 Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe (cutting edge fragment). Drawn (S1).
2 Iron Age pottery sherds.
8 Roman coins and 1 pottery sherd (greyware).
1 ?Early Saxon pottery sherd.
1 medieval belt mount.
1 ?medieval lead spindle whorl.
1 medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
1 post-medieval coin, 1 belt mount, 1 crotal bell and 1 pair of dividers.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM), coins by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by A. Rogerson (NLA). See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 July 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 July 2014.

February-March 2006. Watching Brief and Metal-detecting Survey.
Monitoring and metal-detecting undertaken during topsoil stripping and trenching for Binham to Houghton St Giles water pipeline (Collection Units 1-11).
Finds recovered from this area included prehistoric worked flints, burnt flint, a Roman ?decorative mount and an undated copper alloy strap fitting.
No archaeologically significant features or deposits were observed.
See report (S2) for further information. The results of this work are also noted in (S3).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.116).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 2 July 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2015 and 21 June 2019.

January 2011-May 2013. Metal-detecting.
Finds recorded on the PAS database [4]:
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint blades.
Roman steelyard weight.
Medieval strap-ends and a strap clasp.
Medieval/post-medieval thimble.
Information from PAS import.
Finds identified by HES but not recorded on the PAS database:
14 Roman copper alloy coins, including 1 pierced.
1 medieval jetton.
1 post-medieval silver, pierced coin.
A. Beckham (HES) and A. Rogerson (HES), 10 July 2013.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2003. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe.. Film. 1:1.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2008. A Metal-detector survey and Archaeological Watching Brief on the Binham to Houghton St Giles pipeline, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1150.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 261-273. p 262.
  • BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SADDLE QUERN (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • BLADE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • MOUNT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD? to 650 AD?)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • THIMBLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1520 AD to 1620 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DIVIDERS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 21 2019 5:40PM

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