NHER 63428 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric and medieval to post-medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG12NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEYDON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March-April 2008. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection (Field 53).
Finds recovered included:
2 prehistoric retouched flint flakes.
1 medieval coin and 2 pottery sherds.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval coin, 2 pottery sherds, 1 crotal bell, 1 thimble, 2 copper alloy buttons, 2 copper alloy rivets and 1 copper alloy unidentified object.
1 undatable copper alloy fitting and 3 copper alloy unidentified objects.
The south-west area of this field contains undated cropmarks (NHER 32245) and it was in this location that medieval pottery and a medieval coin were recovered.
See report (S1) for further details. This work is also noted in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
Previously recorded under NHER 51465.
S. Howard (NLA), November 23 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2019.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF72567 Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Smith, M. 2008. An Archaeological Fieldwalking and Metal-detector Survey Along the Route of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Grid Connection. NAU Archaeology. 1808a.
- <S2> SNF81775 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Hoggett, R. 2010. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2009. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt I pp 135-147. p 146.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (13)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FITTING (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RIVET (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Aug 12 2025 11:06AM