NHER 55107 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period worked flint, pottery and metal objects

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Summary

Fieldwalking and metal-detecting between 2008 and 2013 recovered ?Late Mesolithic, Early Neolithic, ?Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age and undatable prehistoric worked flints; Roman, ?Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval building material; a dispersed medieval coin hoard and medieval/post-medieval to post-medieval and undated metal objects. The metal finds include medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments and a handle from a skillet; a post-medieval purse bar and undatable iron slag and metalworking debris.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG13NW
Civil Parish BODHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

2008-9. Fieldwalking.
Prehistoric worked flints, medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments, Romano-British, Early Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery, Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval building materials and undatable iron slag and metalworking debris.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 22 February 2011.

Before 26 June 2011. Fieldwalking.
1 undatable prehistoric flake core, 1 blade core fragment, 1 core fragment, 3 core preparation fragments, 2 ?cores, 1 blade, 1 blade-like flake, 85 flakes and flake fragments, 1 anomalous flake (white patina and spotty iron staining), 1 end scraper, 1 concave scraper, 9 miscellaneous retouched flakes, 5 shatter pieces and 1 shattered trial piece.
2 ?Late Mesolithic flint microblades and 1 microblade core.
1 Early Neolithic flaked axehead.
1 ?Neolithic flint ?Levallois-type core.
22 Roman pottery sherds (greyware).
1 Early/Middle Saxon pottery sherd (handmade, dark reduced, organic tempered).
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd (pimply Ipswich).
33 medieval pottery sherds (16 glazed Grimston and 17 unglazed).
81 post-medieval pottery sherds (62 Glazed Red Earthenware, 18 stoneware and 1 fine unglazed red earthenware - possibly local copy of Martincamp product).
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM) and pottery by A. Rogerson (HES). See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 31 August 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 July 2014.

February-March 2012. Metal-detecting.
Finds identified by HES but not recorded on the PAS database:
2 Roman pottery sherds (greyware).
10 medieval pottery sherds (2 unglazed, 7 glazed Grimston and 1 Scarborough Ware Phase 2).
4 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds (3 LMT and 1 ?Siegburg stoneware) and 1 copper alloy skillet handle.
26 post-medieval pottery sherds (1 with external copper glaze (?Surrey), 22 Glazed Red Earthenware, 1 Metropolitan slipware, 1 Staffordshire combed slipware and 1 iron-glazed red earthenware) and 1 purse bar.
Identified by A. Rogerson (HES), see list and descriptions in file.
Finds recorded on the PAS database [1]:
1 medieval dispersed coin hoard of 4 coins.
A. Rogerson (HES), 16 April 2012.

March-May 2013. Metal-detecting and fieldwalking. [2].
3 Roman pottery sherds.
4 medieval pottery sherds.
4 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds.
18 post-medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 July 2013.

  • --- Map: Finder's Map..
  • --- Publication: British Museum. 2014. Treasure Act Annual Report 2012. p 40.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • DEBITAGE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • END SCRAPER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (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)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
  • BLADE CORE (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
  • AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BORER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BURNT FLINT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • CORE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • DENTICULATE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • END SCRAPER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • KNIFE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LEVALLOIS CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC?)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • TRIAL PIECE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
  • SLAG (Unknown date)
  • BOWL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • JAR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 411 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BOWL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JAR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SKILLET (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN HOARD (Medieval - 1380 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FLASK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2020 12:45AM

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