Record Details

NHER Number:31875
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint axehead, Roman coin and medieval bulla

Summary

Fieldwalking here during 1996-97 recovered a number of finds including a Roman coin, two Roman brooches, a medieval bulla and a Neolithic flint axe and core.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 771 168
Map Sheet:TF71NE
Parish:WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

April 1996. Area of field. Context 1.
Roman coin.
Two Roman brooches.
Medieval finds including bulla.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 27 May 1996.

22 April 1997. Context 2 rest of field. Fieldwalking finds - finder's field 51.
Flint axe and core, (S1).
Roman sherd.
See full list and plans in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 11 July 1997.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BULL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2002. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Network Archaeology. 179.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Robins, P.. 1997. Drawing of a Neolithic flint adze blade.. Paper. 1:1.

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