Record Details

NHER Number:33672
Type of record:Monument
Name:Earthworks of medieval road and multi-period finds

Summary

Fieldwalking here in 1998 recorded the earthworks of a medieval road and recovered Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds. Metal-detecting between 2012 and 2018 recovered a Roman coin, a Roman copper alloy finger ring with an oval bezel and a post-medieval shoe buckle and furniture escutcheon.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 78 13
Map Sheet:TF71SE
Parish:WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

14 January 1998. Finder's field 71. Fieldwalking finds.
Earthwork of medieval road.
Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds.
See full details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) July 1998

Before 22 May 2012. Metal-detecting.
One Roman coin and complete post-medieval shoe buckle.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 29 October 2012.

28 February 2013. Metal-detecting. [2].
Roman copper alloy finger ring with an oval bezel.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2013.

January-May 2018. Metal-detecting. [3].
Post-medieval furniture escutcheon plate.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2018.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROAD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1750 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

Related records - none

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