NHER 45374 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

July 2006. Strip Map and Sample Excavation.
Excavation undertaken prior to construction of all-weather sports pitch. From Context 1.
No archaeological features or deposits were observed.
A number of unstratified finds were recovered, including:
4 ?Early Neolithic flint blades and 4 blade-like flakes.
2 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint scrapers.
2 undatable late prehistoric flint scrapers, 2 retouched flakes, 8 retouched fragments, 2 flake cores and 45 flakes.
1 Roman brooch.
3 medieval pottery sherds, 3 coins, 1 strap clasp, 1 bar mount and 2 copper alloy vessel fragments.
9 post-medieval coins, 1 medallion (pierced coin of Napoleon III), 2 thimbles, 1 crotal bell, 1 buckle, 1 rowel spur and 2 belt mounts.
27 undatable iron tap slag fragments.
The finds recovered also included a discrete group of 129 post-medieval musket balls and 3 pieces of smaller shot. This collection included examples that had been fired and others that still had sprue marks.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.128).
J. Allen (NLA) 19 July 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2016. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 June 2019.