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March 1998. In arable field (south-east end of), in formerly separate closes with buildings, concentration of post medieval sherds including:
Glazed Red Earthenware and Stoneware, one late medieval or transition period body sherd, one base and three body sherds Glazed Grimston and four body sherds medieval unglazed.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 March 1998.

25 March 1999. Further surface finds.
One body sherd reduced, with angular grits, ?Iron Age? Or very coarse medieval unglazed.
One rim fragment and seven body sherds medieval unglazed.
One medieval glazed (probably Grimston) body sherd.
Three body sherds late medieval or transitional period.
Post medieval stoneware, including Siegburg and Cologne types, several sherds.
Glazed read earthenware (post medieval), several sherds.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 April 1999.

Up to 8 June 2002.
Further finds of medieval and post medieval sherds from site of former house in arable field:
Sixteen medieval unglazed including one bowl rim.
Four glazed Grimston.
Twenty late medieval or transitional period including one jug rim, two bowl, rims, one strap handle, three basal (one with thumbed strip at angle).
One basal iron glazed tyg.
Three post medieval stoneware including one Westerwald.
Much Glazed Red Earthenware (post medieval) not counted.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 June 2002.

June 2002 - June 2004. Further surface finds.
Six medieval unglazed, one glazed Grimston with internal glaze, twenty-two late medieval or transitional period and eight Glazed Red Earthenware (post medieval).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 June 2004.

Surface finds of potsherds, 2004 - 2008.
12 Medieval unglazed; 1 base of glazed Grimston; 1 Medieval unglazed with fine white grits, possibly Ely ware; 9 Late Medieval Transitional; 15 Greyware and 2 combed slipware (one Staffordshire, other uncertain).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 September 2008.

September 2013. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field 46.HF. Site extended to whole field. [3].
Undated casting waste.
Roman brooches and a copper alloy unidentified object.
Medieval buckles, an ampulla and strap loop.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments.
Post-medieval buckles and a crotal bell.
A. Beckham (HES), 25 February 2014.

August-October 2017. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field 46.HF. [4].
Medieval/post-medieval spoon terminal in the form of a silver gilt figurine of St. James the Greater.
Information from PAS import.
The medieval/post-medieval spoon terminal was submitted as possible Treasure (Ref: 2017 T952).
A. Beckham (HES), 20 February 2018. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2019.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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

• CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
• POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
• UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• BROOCH (Roman - 75 AD to 175 AD)
• POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
• VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
• AMPULLA (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1539 AD)
• STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
• BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
• SPOON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1430 AD to 1650 AD)
• CROTAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1700 AD)
• POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
• BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
• BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1720 AD)
• BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)
• BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)

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• Parish Summary: Wymondham (Parish Summary)