Record Details
| NHER Number: | 37106 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period finds |
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Summary
Fieldwalking and metal detecting during a watching brief identified prehistoric flint scatters on the lower slopes of the valley towards the River Wissey, Roman material on higher land and medieval finds concentrated at Bradenham Green along the edge of the common.
Images - none
Location
Full description
April-May 2002. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of topsoil stripping along route of Anglian Water pipeline (North Pickenham to West Bradenham Supply Main).
A range of unstratified finds were recovered including:
Burnt flints of possible prehistoric date.
Many prehistoric worked flints and several pottery sherds.
Roman coins and brooch.
A Late Saxon hooked tag.
Medieval buckles, strap ends, thimble, cauldron foot, lead ampulla and a fine annular 'coronet' brooch.
Medieval and post-medieval brick and tile fragments.
Various post-medieval and modern metal objects.
Although these objects were assigned to specific collection areas the exact locations of these are not known at present.
Archaeological features identified during the watching brief and subsequently excavated are recorded under NHER 37104 and NHER 37105. Several areas were also selected for excavation prior to the commencement of the watching brief; these sites are recorded under NHERs 37097-37100.
See assessment report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2). Final publication awaited.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.435).
J. Allen (NLA), 9 May 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 May 2015 and 21 July 2019.
A rectangular brooch found during this work and listed in (S1) as being of uncertain date was subsequently identified as probably Late Saxon.
See description in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 February 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- 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
- CLOTH SEAL (Unknown date)
- COIN (Unknown date)
- DISC (Unknown date)
- DISC (Unknown date)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
- NAIL (Unknown date)
- POT MEND (Unknown date)
- SHEET (Unknown date)
- SPINDLE WHORL? (Unknown date)
- TACK (Unknown date)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
- VESSEL (Unknown date)
- WASTE (Unknown date)
- WEIGHT (Unknown date)
- POT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- HOOKED TAG (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOUNT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FERRULE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SHOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Bates, S. 2003. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design for Archaeological Excavations and Watching Brief on the North Pickenham to West Bradenham Supply Mains, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 825. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2003. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2002. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 368-384. p 376. |
Related records
| 37104 | Parent of: Bradenham Green Late Bronze Age hoards (Find Spot) |
| 37100 | Part of: Undated pit, North Pickenham to West Bradenham Supply Mains (Monument) |
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