Record Details

NHER Number:32766
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman coin, medieval weight and multi-period pottery sherds

Summary

Fieldwalking in this area during 1996-97 recovered sherds of Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval pottery along with prehistoric worked flints and a Roman nail. Subsequent metal detecting here in 2001 retrieved a single Roman coin and a possible medieval weight.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 78 17
Map Sheet:TF71NE
Parish:WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

December 1996/February 1997. Fieldwalking finds. 'Field 30'.
Worked flints.
Iron Age, Roman, medieval, post medieval pottery.
Roman nail and tile.
See details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) May 1997.

March 2001. Metal detecting. Whole field surveyed to assess incidence of Roman metalwork and coins for forthcoming EAA volume by A. J. Davison (NLA).
Only one Roman coin and a possible medieval weight found.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 2 May 2001.

Monument Types

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

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

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