Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35962 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric worked flints and Roman to post-medieval metal objects |
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Summary
Fieldwalking and metal detecting in 1995 recovered undatable prehistoric, ?Mesolithic and ?Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age worked flints; post-medieval clay tobacco pipe and glass; an undatable whetstone fragment and a range of metal objects. The metal finds included a Roman bracelet; a Middle Saxon pin; a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount; a medieval dagger pommel, harness pendant and purse frame fragment and a post-medieval book clasp and a hooked tag.
a Roman bracelet, a Late Saxon mount, a medieval strap end and horse harness pendant and a post medieval book clasp.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 30 04 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30SW |
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| Parish: | ROCKLAND ST MARY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before 29 June 1995. Fieldwalking and metal detecting.
5 undatable prehistoric flint flakes.
1 ?Mesolithic crested flake, 1 blade fragment and 1 retouched/utilised blade-like flake.
28 ?Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age flint flakes, 1 small end scraper, 1 side scraper, 3 notched flakes, 2 irregular (?shatter pieces) with retouch and 1 small cortical core.
1 Roman copper alloy bracelet fragment.
1 Middle Saxon pin.
1 Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount (Williams 1997 Class B Type 3 Group 6).
1 medieval dagger 'wheel' pommel, 1 horse harness pendant, 1 purse frame fragment and 1 strap end.
1 post-medieval clay tobacco pipe stem fragment, 1 glass bottle fragment, 1 hooked tag and 1 book clasp.
1 undatable ?micaceous schist whetstone fragment.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM) and other object by A. Rogerson (NLA). See descriptions in file and polaroids.
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 February 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 March 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC?)
- 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 (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- WHETSTONE (Unknown date)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- CRESTED BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE? (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
- CORE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC?)
- END SCRAPER (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC?)
- FLAKE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC?)
- NOTCHED FLAKE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC?)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC?)
- SIDE SCRAPER (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC?)
- BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- DAGGER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BOTTLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
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