Record Details

NHER Number:7752
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

A Neolithic chipped flint axehead and stone whetstone were found between 1960 and 1968. Metal-detecting in 2013 and 2016 recovered Roman coins as well as medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a medieval buckle and copper alloy vessel or casket handle; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and a post-medieval discoidal lead weight and furniture fitting.

Images

  • Medieval buckle from NHER 7752  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval vessel from NHER 7752  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:TG 16 19
Map Sheet:TG11NE
Parish:HAVERINGLAND, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1968. Chipped flint axehead found when drilling corn. [1].
Drawn (S1) 1973 T. H. Mck. Clough (copy in file).
Schist hone found near axehead.
E. B. Green (NCM).

October 2013. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin.
Medieval buckle and copper alloy vessel or casket handle.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Post-medieval discoidal lead weight and a furniture fitting.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 11 November 2013.

March-April 2016. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 June 2016.

September-October 2016. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

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

  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • WHETSTONE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 81 AD to 96 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 117 AD to 125 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 161 AD to 169 AD)
  • VESSEL (13th Century to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (13th Century to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (14th Century to 15th Century - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1730 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---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 - Neolithic. Haveringland.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Clough, T.. 1973. Drawing of a Neolithic chipped flint axehead.. Card. 1:1.

Related records - none

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