NHER 63835 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric and medieval to post-medieval metal finds, Bacton beach (Bacton, poorly located)

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Summary

Metal-detecting on unrecorded locations on Bacton beach between 2007 and 2018 recovered medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval token and a number of other medieval to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval book clasp, harness mount and lead ampulla and medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments. Other poorly located finds from the beach at Bacton include a Middle Palaeolithic flint levallois core and a Mesolithic/Neolithic flint adze.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	BACTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Unstratified and poorly located finds from Bacton beach.

March 2007-October 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
Recovered from Bacton beach between [2] and [3] but exact findspot(s) unknown:
3 medieval coins, a strap end, book clasp, horse-harness mount and incomplete lead ampulla.
2 medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments.
2 post-medieval coins and 1 token.
E. McDonald (HES), 18 December 2019.

January 2019-January 2022. Stray Find. [4].
From unrecorded location(s) on Bacton beach:
1 Early Middle Palaeolithic flint levallois core.
1 Mesolithic/Neolithic flint adze.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 28 August 2024.

Associated Sources (0)

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (14)

LEVALLOIS CORE (Lower Palaeolithic - 250000 BC to 240000 BC)
ADZE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1450 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1310 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1306 AD to 1307 AD)
AMPULLA (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1530 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1350 AD to 1650 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1350 AD to 1650 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1561 AD to 1582 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1660 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1664 AD to 1664 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jan 12 2025 11:46AM