Record Details

NHER Number:17175
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic, medieval and post-medieval finds

Summary

Fieldwalking here during 1981 recovered a Neolithic flint borer, while metal-detecting in 2015 and 2016 recovered medieval coins and a post-medieval harness mount.

Images

  • Post-medieval harness fitting from NHER 17175  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:TM 25 97
Map Sheet:TM29NE
Parish:SHOTESHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1981. 411m (450yds) north of Lathgreen Farm. Found in fieldwalking. [1].
Flint borer. See (S1).
Finder's no.4440.
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU) 18 March 1981.
W. Milligan (NCM) 17 March 1981.

October-November 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
Post-medieval harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 July 2016.

September-October 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended 110m to the south. [3].
2 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • COIN (14th Century - 1305 AD to 1310 AD)
  • COIN (15th Century - 1461 AD to 1500 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Lawson, A.. 1981. Drawing of a Neolithic flint borer.. Card. 1:1.

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