Record Details

NHER Number:13417
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman coin and post medieval flint working site

Summary

Two hundred flint flakes and blade fragments, waste from post medieval gunflint manufacturing, were found on the river bank in 1978. In 2005, metal detecting recovered a Roman coin.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 27 07
Map Sheet:TG20NE
Parish:KIRBY BEDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

February 1978. Two feet deep in river bank.
Two hundred flint flakes and blade fragments from gunflint manufacture.

Before 4 April 2005. Metal detecting.
Roman coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 September 2005.

Monument Types

  • LITHIC WORKING SITE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BLADE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FLAKE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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