Record Details

NHER Number:37316
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic and Bronze Age and Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval finds.

Summary

Metal detecting between 2002 and 2019 recovered a possibly Bronze age flint scraper as well as undated and Middle/Late Bronze Age and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds. The metal finds include undated iron slag; a Middle/Late Bronze Age blade or knife; a Late Saxon strap-end; a medieval lead pot mend and gilded unidentified object; and a medieval or post medieval sword chape (scabbard).

Images

  • Drawing of a medieval strap-end from NHER 37316  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:TG 25 13
Map Sheet:TG21SE
Parish:BEESTON ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

May/June 2002. Metal detecting.
?Bronze Age scraper and flake.
Medieval pot mend.
Medieval or post medieval sword chape and cauldron foot.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 July 2002.

December 2004. Parish fieldwalking survey, Field 5.
Neolithic and prehistoric worked flints.
Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Iron slag.
See list and notes with map in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 July 2005.

February - March 2007. Metal detecting.
Roman iron key (S1).
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 April 2007.

October-November 2019. Metal-detecting. [1].
Middle/Late Bronze Age small blade, knife, or rapier fragment.
Late Saxon openwork strap-end.
Medieval gilded unidentified object.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020.

January 2022. Metal-detecting Rally. [2].
PAS details to follow.
See unpublished document (S3).
A. Beckham (HES), 11 January 2022.

(S2) - PAS details to follow.
E. McDonald (HES), 22 November 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Roman - 1000000 BC to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to 19th Century - 851 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • KNIFE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2007. Drawing of a Roman iron slide key.. Film. 1:1.
<S2>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2019. Drawing of a medieval strap-end. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
<S3>Unpublished Document: Guy, A.. 2021. Distribution map and finds list for Norwich Metal-detecting Club Rally, Beeston St Andrew, January 2022. Find map and list.

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