Record Details

NHER Number:22771
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Mesolithic flint blade and two Roman coins

Summary

Metal detecting and fieldwalking in 1986 recovered a solitary Mesolithic flint blade and two Roman coins, one of Hadrian the other of Constantine.

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Location

Grid Reference:TL 98 88
Map Sheet:TL98NE
Parish:QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

11 April 1986. Found in fieldwalking with metal detector.
One Mesolithic flint blade. Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) 25 June 1986.
Coin of Hadrian, As, AD 117-138; coin from the House of Constantine GLORIA EXERCITVS: one standard Lyons mint example. Identified by A. Gregory (NAU). Information from member of the public [1]. Discoveries reported in (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM) 30 April 1986.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Article in Serial: 1987. Archaeological Discoveries for 1986. CBA Group VI Bulletin. No 32 pp 42-79. p 59.

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