Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25954 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric worked flints, lava quern, multi-period pottery sherds, and post-medieval token from Back of Elsie's |
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Summary
Fieldwalking between 1986 and 2017 recovered Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and undatable prehistoric worked flints; Roman, Late Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds and undatable lava quern fragments; and a post-medieval token.
Prehistoric flints, including flakes and a Bronze Age scraper, lava quern and pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval period found during fieldwalking.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0173 3735 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03NW |
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| Parish: | BALE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| GUNTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
About 1986 to 1990. Fieldwalking whole field including sites NHER 21490 and NHER 24564 probably more from southern end by road.
Roman, Late Saxon, medieval, and post medieval sherds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 22 August 1990.
22 November 1998. Field observation. Southeast corner 30 metres from road hedge alongside breck 6 metres from hedge.
Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM).
Secondary flint flake with extensive fine retouch.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 July 2000.
2000. Fieldwalking.
Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM).
Probable Bronze Age flint and scraper.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 February 2001.
October 2000. Fieldwalking. Back of Elsie's, Clipstreet Farm, Bale. At TG 0167 3728.
Fragment of lava quern, 330mm thick, no surviving edge.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 May 2002.
June 2001. Fieldwalking. Near the Breck.
Prehistoric medial segment from a long narrow flint flake of translucent grey brown flint. Unpatinated.
Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM)
A. Rogerson (NLA), 22 May 2002.
18 May 2005. Surface find by the ditch at end near road.
Undatable lava quern fragment, maximum thickness 48mm (weighing 472g).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 April 2006.
Fieldwalking Spring 2007.
Prehistoric worked flints, Romano-British, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds, post medieval malting kiln tile fragment, iron slag.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 March 2008.
1-3 May 2010. Systematic fieldwalking.
Gridded fieldwalking in north-west corner of field (grid squares A1-E3):
56 undatable prehistoric flint flakes and 1 blade fragment.
1 Mesolithic flint blade.
2 Neolithic flint blades.
6 Roman pottery sherds (greyware).
9 Late Saxon pottery sherds (Thetford type).
3 ?Late Saxon pottery sherds (?Thetford type).
160 medieval pottery sherds (120 unglazed and 40 glazed Grimston).
5 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds (1 stoneware and 4 LMT).
56 post-medieval pottery sherds (49 Glazed Red Earthenware, 3 reduced glazed, 1 tin-glazed earthenware and 3 stoneware) and 8 clay tobacco pipe fragments.
Identified by A. Rogerson (HES), see list and finder's map in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 28 January 2013.
Previously recorded under NHER 21490.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 July 2014.
April 2014. Systematic fieldwalking. [3].
3 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
32 medieval pottery sherds.
17 post-medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
See (S1).
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2015.
January-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 post-medieval token.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 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
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
- POT (Undated)
- QUERN (Unknown date)
- BLADE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD? to 1065 AD?)
- POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1750 AD)
- TOKEN (18th Century - 1792 AD to 1792 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: Robins, P.A.. Lithic Report. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: T. E. Hotblack. 2014. Fieldwalking Survey Records. |
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