NHER 53837 (Find Spot record) - Possible prehistoric and post-medieval finds at 'Church Field'

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Summary

A fieldwalking survey between 2002 and 2003 recovered worked flint including scrapers, flakes and one blade. Three fragments of post-medieval ceramic building material and three pieces of slag were also found. Metal detecting between 2002 and 2017 recovered a medieval rotary key, post-medieval finger-ring and a possible button. The field is marked as 'Church Field' on the tithe map, which could indicate a church once stood in this location or that the field belonged to a church.

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Map sheet	TG02SW
Civil Parish	BINTREE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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November 2002-January 2003. Geophysical and fieldwalking survey. Bacton to King's Lynn pipeline plot 150.
A large discrete anomaly was detected by the geophysical survey but the origin or nature of this feature is not known. Fieldwalking recovered worked flint including four scrapers, one blade and seven flakes. Three fragments of post-medieval ceramic building material and pieces of slag were also found. The metal detecting survey located five fragments of metal including a possible post-medieval button (S1). The name 'Church Field' on the tithe map could indicate that a church one stood in this location or that the field belonged to the church (S2).
S. Howard (NLA), 10 February 2010.

January-February 2017. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [1].
Medieval rotary key.
Post-medieval signet ring.
A. Beckham (HES), 23 February 2017. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 6 March 2017.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF65233 Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Field Reconnaissance, Fieldwalking, Metal Detecting and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 184.
<S2> SNF65232 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2002. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Network Archaeology. 179. p 75.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (9)

BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
SLAG (Unknown date)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1400 AD)
BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1584 AD to 1584 AD)
FINGER RING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 3 2025 2:57AM