Record Details

NHER Number:29734
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Prehistoric flint pot boilers and scraper and medieval and post-medieval finds

Summary

Fieldwalking in 1993 recovered thirty-two flint pot boilers, one flint scraper and a post medieval pottery sherd. Metal-detecting in 2016 recovered 1 Roman coin, 3 medieval coins and jettons.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2284 0181
Map Sheet:TG20SW
Parish:STOKE HOLY CROSS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

March-April 1993. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Evaluation of proposed golf course. Contexts 1-3.
1 prehistoric flint flake, 1 blade, 1 scraper and 32 flint 'pot boilers'.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd.
See report (S1) for plan in file for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
Compiled by K. Forrest (NAU), 21 April 1993. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 April 2015.

October-November 2016. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Roman coin.
3 medieval coins and 2 jettons.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 April 2017.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BLADE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 192 AD to 192 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1351 AD to 1509 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1373 AD to 1415 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Map: Finder's Map..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Forrest, K. 1993. Evaluation Report. Dunston Hall, Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 20.
<S2>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1994. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1993. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 115-123. pp 121-122.

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