NHER 9008 (Find Spot record) - Undated quern, multi-period pottery sherds and post medieval seal matrix

1970. Context 7 at approximately [1].
Topstone of rotary quern ploughed up.
E. B. Green (NCM).

1989. Fieldwalking by Illington Survey. Survey site 40.
Finds as listed below and in file.

Context 1:
Neolithic flint flake used as knife.
Prehistoric flint blade used as scraper.
Two prehistoric flint scrapers.
Two prehistoric flint flakes.

Context 2:
One prehistoric flint scraper.
Eight Roman greyware/coarseware sherds.
Thirteen medieval unglazed sherds.
One medieval glazed Grimston Ware sherd.

Context 3:
One base sherd, possibly Iron Age or Early Saxon.

Context 4:
One probable Iron Age rim sherd.

Context 5:
Two prehistoric flint scrapers.

Context 6:
Iron Age body sherd, with finger nail impressions.

See file for sketch plans, contexts etc.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU) 3 August 1989.

Before April 1998. Metal detecting. Northeast corner of site, at [2].
Possible early post medieval small bronze seal matrix. Octagonal die carved with the head of a griffin couped, probably a heraldic crest. Either side of the griffin are possibly initials, now unreadable due to corrosion; without being able to read the initials, the family can't be identified as at least sixty families used the couped griffin (information from S. J. Ashley (NLA)). The handle of the seal matrix is conical (facetted) and very short, with a large perforated knob at the top.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 25 April 2000.