Record Details

NHER Number:44041
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint axehead and Roman brooches

Summary

Metal-detecting between 2005 and 2014 recovered a Neolithic polished flint axehead; a Roman pottery sherd and Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include Roman brooches, a medieval buckle, a medieval/post-medieval cloth seal and a post-medieval rotary key and weight.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 04 41
Map Sheet:TG04SW
Parish:WIVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Before 22 December 2005. Metal detecting.
Two Roman brooches.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 20 January 2006.

Before 10 November 2006. Metal detecting.
Neolithic polished flint axehead.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 8 February 2007.

August 2014. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 29. [1].
Finds recorded on the PAS database:
Medieval/post-medieval cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
Finds not identified by HES or recorded on the PAS database:
Details to follow.
For additional low grade finds not recorded by HES see S1 in file for NHER 6143.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014.

August 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman pottery sherd and a disc brooch.
Medieval buckle.
Post-medieval rotary key and weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 388 AD to 402 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1289 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1289 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1558 AD to 1603 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Discovery Tours. 2014. Discovery Tours Low Grade Material Record Sheet. Field Nos. 29, 30, 31 and 32.

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