Record Details
| NHER Number: | 39785 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flint tools, Roman bowl and coin, medieval and post medieval objects |
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Summary
Metal detecting and excavation on this site recovered a number of worked flints, including a Neolithic polished axe fragment and a leaf arrowhead. A Roman copper alloy bowl, situated upside down next to a backfilled trench, as well as coins from the Roman and medieval period, a Late Saxon sherd and a number of medieval and post medieval metal objects were also recovered.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2175 0311 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | SWARDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 2003. Metal-detecting and Excavation.
Metal-detecting following completion of archaeological evaluation (NHER 37648). Various objects recovered from backfill of evaluation trenching including:
Neolithic polished axe fragment and other worked flints.
One Roman and one medieval coins.
Late Saxon sherd.
Medieval, post medieval and undatable metal objects.
A group of objects was also found in situ next to one of the evaluation trenches. These finds were exposed at a depth of 0.35m following a small excavation and included a ?Roman copper alloy vessel that appeared to have been deliberately placed in an upside-down position (S1). It was associated with a number of iron objects including a tanged knife and nail.
See short report (S2), lists and x-rays in file.
J. Allen (NLA), 24 October 2003 and A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 March 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 February 2017.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 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 (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- RING (Unknown date)
- 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)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BOWL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KNIFE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STAPLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- CAME (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 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)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Ashley, S. 2003. Drawing of a Roman copper alloy bowl. Film. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Ames, J.. 2003. The Excavations and Field Observations of Metal Finds at Swardeston. |
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