NHER 49752 (Find Spot) - Prehistoric, Roman, 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 objects of predominantly post-medieval date including a coin, pottery sherds, fragments of building material, clay tobacco pipe and window glass, a ?silver thimble and a copper alloy spoon handle. Other finds included prehistoric worked flints, a single burnt flint and a range of undatable lead objects. Subsequent metal-detecting in 2020 recovered a Roman coin; a Late Saxon strap end; a medieval mount or binding strip and a post-medieval lead figurine.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG21SE
Civil Parish	RACKHEATH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full Description

October 2006. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed line of Norwich Northern Distributor Road (Field 63).
Finds recovered included:
29 prehistoric worked flints.
1 ?prehistoric burnt flint.
1 post-medieval coin, 7 pottery sherds, 1 ceramic building material fragment, 1 clay tobacco pipe fragment, 1 window glass fragment, 1 ?silver thimble, 1 copper alloy button and 1 copper alloy spoon handle.
2 undatable copper alloy plate fragments, 2 pieces of lead shot, 2 lead rod/sheet fragments, 2 lead sheet fragments, 2 lead strips, 1 lead offcut and 2 lead waste fragments.
See reports (S1) and (S2) for further details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 17 September 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 June 2019.

See [1].
A. Beckham (HES), 12 December 2022.

July 2020. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin.
Late Saxon strap end.
Medieval mount or binding strip, probably from furniture, a box or casket.
Post-medieval lead figurine showing a woman and child.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 February 2024, 17 February 2024 and 12 March 2024.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF70174 Unpublished Contractor Report: Trimble, G. 2008. Norwich Northern Distributor Route. Fieldwalking and metal detector survey - Interim statement. NAU Archaeology. 1213.
<S2> SNF72219 Unpublished Contractor Report: Morgan, S. and Hoggett, R. 2008. Norwich Northern Distributor Route: Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey. NAU Archaeology. 1369. p 58-59.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (19)

BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Roman - 98 AD to 117 AD)
STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1050 AD)
MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SPOON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WINDOW GLASS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
FIGURINE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1900 AD)
SHOT (Unknown date)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
WASTE (Unknown date)

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Rackheath (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 19 2024 12:24AM