NHER 25248 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1989 recovered a Late Saxon brooch, a fragment of a Late Saxon box mount with moulded decoration of an animal, a medieval mount and a possible medieval double disc personal ornament. In 2003 a limited field survey recovered prehistoric flint flakes; a medieval pottery sherd and a post-medieval clay tobacco pipe fragment.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG30NE
Civil Parish BLOFIELD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1989. Metal detecting.
Found at [1]:
Late Saxon (S1) and medieval metalwork items.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 June 1990.

1990. Metal detecting.
Found in vicinity of [1]:
Medieval mount.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 17 July 1990.

September-October 2003. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey. Extended to whole field [2].
Field survey on proposed route of A47 Blofield to North Burlingham dualling. Single 20m wide strip at northern end of field examined (Transect J).
3 prehistoric flint flakes.
2 ?prehistoric burnt flint.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval clay tobacco pipe fragment.
1 undatable lead ?molten scrap.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
Previously recorded under NHER 60806 (and before that NHER 39847).
P. Watkins (HES), 29 March 2021.

  • --- Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
  • --- Photograph: EWZ 12-13, FHL30-1, FHR17-19.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Penn, K.. 1989. Drawing of a fragment of a Late Saxon box mount.. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Wallace, P. 2004. An Archaeological Evaluation on the A47 proposed dualling route between Blofield and North Burlingham. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 895.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2004. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 573-588. p 574.
  • BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • WASTE (Unknown date)
  • BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 29 2021 10:37AM

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