Record Details

NHER Number:21131
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic arrowhead, Early Saxon sleeve clasp, and medieval and post-medieval coins

Summary

A Neolithic flint arrowhead was as a stray find before 1985. Metal-detecting between 2017 and 2018 recovered medieval and post-medieval coins and na Early Saxon sleeve clasp.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 02 23
Map Sheet:TG02SW
Parish:BINTREE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Pre 1985. Stray Find.
Exact date and circumstances of discovery unknown, in field centred at National grid reference given [1].
Neolithic flint flake with minimum retouch suggesting possible use as an arrowhead. See drawing (S1).
Per [2].
Compiled by J. J. Wymer (NAU) and A. Gregory (NAU), 6 February 1985.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 November 2019.

September-October 2017. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
9 medieval coins.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
H. Mellor (HES), 25 October 2017. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 February 2018.

December 2017. Metal-detecting. [3].
Early Saxon sleeve clasp.
2 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2018.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 2350 BC)
  • COSMETIC MORTAR (Roman - 43 AD to 300 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 470 AD to 600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1180 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1216 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1248 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1310 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1335 AD to 1343 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1356 AD to 1361 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1356 AD to 1361 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1558 AD to 1561 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Wymer, J. 1985. Drawing of a Neolithic retouched flint flake (?arrowhead). Paper. 1:1.
<S2>Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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