Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33004 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric flints, Roman brooch and pottery sherds, medieval coin |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1996 recovered a Roman brooch and a medieval coin. Fieldwalking as part of the Holkham Estate Survey in 2000 recovered a scatter of possible prehistoric burnt flints, a flint scraper and a flint flake. Nine pieces of Roman pot were also found.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 92 41 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF94SW |
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| Parish: | WARHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1996. Metal detecting finds. [1]
Roman Langton Down type brooch. Nertomarus type according to D. Mackreth. AD 25 to 50/60. See (S1) in file.
Medieval coin.
See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM), 12 January 1996.
V. Fryer (NCM), 17 June 1997.
2000. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Non-collection fieldwalking undertaken as part of archaeological assessment of Holkham Estate (Field 3).
Towards the centre of the field, a scatter of burnt flint along with a flint scraper and two flint flakes.
Towards the southwest corner of the field lay a scatter of nine Roman greyware sherds.
See report (S2) for further details.
K. Penn (NAU) 2 March 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 April 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BURNT FLINT (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)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2000. The Holkham Estate, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Archaeological Survey (Final Report). Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 532. |
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