NHER 6664 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds scatter

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Summary

In 1970 a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead was found in this field. Subsequent metal-detecting in 1997 and 1999 recovered Roman and medieval coins and several other metal objects, including Roman tweezers; a Late Saxon stirrup/box mount; a medieval brooch and a medieval/post-medieval buckle.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG13SW
Civil Parish	CORPUSTY AND SAXTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1970. Stray Find.
Surface find at [1] (Context 1):
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axhead. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1970.370). Information from (S1). This discovery was first reported in (S2). Also listed in (S3) and briefly described in (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 June 2014.

May/June 1997. Metal detecting finds. Context 2 rest of field.
1 medieval coin. See list in file.
Small 2mm thick copper alloy sheet in approx. form of an Late Saxon stirrup/box mount, flange missing at base and one central hole (diameter 9mm).
Height 28mm, max. width 28mm.
May, of course, be of another date and function.
Identified V. Fryer (NCM).
Pair of copper alloy tweezers, slight sign beneath corrosion of pair of fine engraved longitudinal lines on one face. Ovoid loop, arms gently expanding to inturned `blades'. Length 48mm. Probably Roman.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 13 August 1997.

April/May 1999. Metal detecting finds.
2 medieval coins, 1 post medieval coin, medieval brooch, medieval/early post medieval buckle.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 9 June 1999.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
<S2> SNF2434 Serial: 1970. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1970. No 17. p 6.
<S3> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 205.
<S4> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10196; 10197.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (8)

TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
ANNULAR BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)