Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19798 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Undated, Iron Age, Roman, and medieval to post-medieval finds |
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Summary
In 1982 a scatter of medieval pottery sherds was found on the ploughed field surface here. Fieldwalking in 2016 recovered an undated lava quern fragment; Iron Age, Roman, and medieval to post-medieval pottery sherds, and a medieval roof tile fragment. Metal-detecting between 2017 and 2019 recovered undated casting waste; a medieval strap-end and buckle; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment; and a post-medieval weight.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 372 053 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30NE |
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| Parish: | STRUMPSHAW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Autumn 1982. Found on surface of ploughed field immedietly east of Hassingham Hall.
Scatter about 100m in diameter of medieval unglazed body sherds.
Information from member of the public [1].
A. Gregory (NAU) 5 December 1983.
May 2016. Fieldwalking. [2].
Undated Rhineland lava quern fragment.
Iron Age pottery sherd.
40 Roman pottery sherds.
13 medieval pottery sherds.
3 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds and 1 toof tile fragment.
34 post-medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 April 2019.
January-December 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
Undated casting waste.
Medieval strap-end.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 May 2018.
May-June 2019. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1. [3].
Medieval buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Post-medieval weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 9 July 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
- QUERN (Unknown date)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1450 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
- POT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
- WEIGHT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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