Record Details

NHER Number:36096
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Prehistoric worked flint obects and multi-period pottery and metal objects

Summary

Metal detecting in 2001, 2006, 2007 and 2010 recovered a range of objects dating from the Mesolithic to the post-medieval period. These finds include a Mesolithic or Early Neolithic flaked flint axehead, Roman objects, a Late Saxon buckle frame, medieval and post-medieval metalwork objects, coins and pottery.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 97 12
Map Sheet:TF91SE
Parish:SCARNING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

January - February 2001. Metal detecting. North part of field.
Two Roman coins.
One post medieval jetton.
Post medieval metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 March 2001.

March - April 2006. Metal-detecting.
1 Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flaked flint axehead.
1 Roman furniture stud.
6 medieval pottery sherds, 1 horse harness suspension mount, 2 buckle frames and 1 lead weight.
1 ?medieval weight.
1 medieval/post medieval pottery sherd, 1 lead weight and 1 copper alloy vessel foot.
1 post-medieval coin, 2 jettons , 1 buckle frame, 1 cloth seal and 4 lead weights.
Flint axehead identified by P. Robins (NCM), pottery by A. Rogerson (NLA), numismatic items by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 May 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 May 2013.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 6 February 2014.

January - February 2007. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman handle.
1 medieval coin, 3 pottery sherds, 2 buckles and 1 belt mount.
1 post-medieval coin, 1 token, 1 pottery sherd, 1 purse bar, 1 belt mount, 1 bird feeder and 1 nail.
Pottery identified by A. Rogerson (NLA), numismatic items by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 March 2007.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 14 February 2014.

March - April 2007. Metal detecting.
3 medieval and 1 post medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 May 2007.

January / February 2010. Metal detecting (Extended to whole field).
Prehistoric flint piercer; 3 medieval coins, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects and 1 post-medieval jetton.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 March 2010.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 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

  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • AWL (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KNIFE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SIEVE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAINER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BIRD FEEDER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • NAIL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOBACCO HOLDER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 250-261. p 250.

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