Record Details

NHER Number:28462
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Fieldwalking here during 1991 recorded a spread of prehistoric worked flints along with sherds of Iron Age, Late Saxon and medieval pottery and fragments of medieval roof tile. In addition, metal-detecting in 2009 and 2012 recovered a medieval coin plus Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman brooch; medieval dress accessories, a furniture fitting, key and a lead pot mend; a medieval/post-medieval rivet and copper alloy vessel fragment and a post-medieval book fitting, button, cloth seal and a weight.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 93 13
Map Sheet:TF91SW
Parish:WENDLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

27 March 1991. Fieldwalking of field. Two subdivisions.
Relatively dense spread of worked flints in southwest part.
Iron Age, Late Saxon, medieval sherds.
Flints (etc.).
List and plans in file
A. Rogerson (NLA) 13 May 1991.

July-August 2009. Metal detecting.
Medieval and post-medieval sherds; 2 post-medieval coins and 1 jetton; medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 September 2009.

September-October 2012. Metal-detecting.
Roman Dolphin brooch.
One medieval coin and a key.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 December 2012.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • 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

  • POT (Undated)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RIVET (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval to 15th Century - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (14th Century - 1305 AD to 1333 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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