Record Details

NHER Number:33772
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period metal objects and pottery sherds

Summary

Fieldwalking here in 1998 and 2017 recovered numerous Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age worked flints; Roman and Middle Saxon to post-medieval pottery sherds; a post-medieval token; and Middle Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Middle Saxon strap-end, a Late Saxon strap-end, a medieval harness pendant, and a medieval/post-medieval dress hook.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 22 21
Map Sheet:TG22SW
Parish:STRATTON STRAWLESS, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1998. Fieldwalking. Gridded fieldwalking of field containing NHER 7639, 23407, 23783, 28818, 30960, 32297 and eastern half of 7640. [1].
Bronze Age/Iron Age worked flints.
Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Report in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 15 September 1998.

March 2003. Fieldwalking.
Gridded survey of most of field.
Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Thirty-four Neolithic and undatable prehistoric worked flints.
See list, sketch plan and notes in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 29 May 2003.

March 2002. Metal-detecting,
1 medieval casket binding strip.
1 medieval/post-medieval purse frame fragment.
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
J. Page (HES), 13 March 2014.

June-July 2003. Metal-detecting.
1 Middle-Late Saxon strap end.
1 post-medieval token.
Token identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other object by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 27 August 2003.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 13 March 2014.

August 2010. Metal-detecting.
Medieval harness pendant suspension loop.
See description in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 18 November 2010.

September 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
Medieval/post-medieval dress hook. This was submitted as possible Treasure (Ref: 2017 T924).
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald, 1 January 2018.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BORER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (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)
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STRAP END (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

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

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32297Related to: Roman and Late Saxon brooches (Find Spot)
30960Related to: Roman brooch and medieval stud (Find Spot)
23407Related to: Roman coin (Find Spot)
7631Related to: Roman pottery west of Red House Farm School (Find Spot)
7639Related to: Undated iron working site (Monument)
28818Related to: Undated, but possibly Iron Age to Roman date enclosure (Monument)

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