NHER 49751 (Find Spot record) - Middle Bronze Age, ?medieval and post-medieval finds

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Summary

A systematic fieldwalking and metal-detecting survey of part of this field in 2007 recovered a range of finds, including a Middle Bronze Age spearhead; a ?medieval pottery sherd; a post-medieval ceramic building material fragment; a post-medieval coin; a post-medieval token or trade weight and a small number of other post-medieval and undatable metal objects.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG21SE
Civil Parish RACKHEATH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

January 2007. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed line of Norwich Northern Distributor Road (Field 61).
Finds recovered included:
1 Middle Bronze Age copper alloy socketed spearhead.
1 ?medieval pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval coin, 1 copper alloy token/trade weight, 1 ceramic building material fragment, 1 buckle and 1 cast copper alloy fitting.
1 undatable copper alloy coin/disc, 1 copper alloy strip and 1 copper alloy waste fragment.
See reports (S1) and (S2) for further details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 17 September 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 June 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Trimble, G. 2008. Norwich Northern Distributor Route. Fieldwalking and metal detector survey - Interim statement. NAU Archaeology. 1213.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Morgan, S. and Hoggett, R. 2008. Norwich Northern Distributor Route: Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey. NAU Archaeology. 1369. p 58.
  • SOCKETED SPEARHEAD (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • COIN (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • WASTE (Unknown date)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 16 2019 6:01PM

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