Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4540 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period finds |
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Summary
Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blades; Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon and medieval to post-medieval pottery sherds; a medieval roof tile fragment; a medieval hone stone fragment and Roman coins were found as stray finds before 1940 and in 2015, while metal-detecting in 2008 recovered a medieval buckle.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 75 05 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF70NE |
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| Parish: | BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pre 1940. Rectory garden site.
'Medieval sherds from J. F. Williams'
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
'Roman coins and bones found with sherds which R. R. Clarke (NCM) says medieval', ex J. F. Williams
E. B. Green (NCM)
'Iron Age sherds from Rectory garden site', see (S1).
Charles Green (NCM) also noted that on 9 October 1964 he found a box of Iron Age sherds, in the Bronze Age section of NCM stores (see NHER 4537 for details) one of which was marked 'rectory'.
This is a finer body sherd gritted with a little angular quartz.
A. Gregory (NAU) 2 February 1985.
E. Rose (NAU) 25 April 1985.
July - August 2008. Metal detecting.
Medieval buckle.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 September 2008.
Before November 2015. Stray Finds while vegetable gardening. Site extended 66m to the west. [1].
Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blades.
1 Iron Age pottery sherd.
7 Roman pottery sherds.
12 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
1 medieval roof tile fragment and an incomplete hone stone.
2 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds.
10 post-medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 January 2016.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 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
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 12000 BC to 10001 BC)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 12000 BC to 10001 BC)
- POT (Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 900 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 100 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1539 AD)
- WHETSTONE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1500 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1450 AD to 1637 AD)
- POT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 70 NE 8. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Beachamwell. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Beechamwell. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Beachamwell. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| <S1> | Map: NCM. NCM Record Map. |
Related records - none
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