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1986 to 1987. Hill Field. Surface finds.
Pottery sherds: five probable Thetford type ware; twenty five medieval unglazed; four glazed Grimston. Three post medieval.
Information from member of the public [1].

1987/1988.
Pottery sherds:
One Iron Age gritty.
Two dark grey sandy Iron Age or Early Saxon.
Five Roman greyware.
One Ipswich sandy rim; three Ipswich pimply bodysherds and one base.
Sixty-five Thetford type. Seventy-four medieval unglazed (perhaps including some Thetford type. Nine glazed Grimston.
Eighteen post medieval glazed red earthenware and stoneware.
Bronze finger ring, plain, tapering round sectioned overlapping ends, Late Saxon?
A. Rogerson (NAU), January 1988 and August 1988.

1990. Fieldwalking by member of the public [1] in 25m squares at west end of field.
See lists and plan in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 27 April 1990.

1990/1996. Fieldwalking. [2].
General finds other than from 'site' near road, some possibly from headland behind trees.
Two body sherds Iron Age finely gritted.
One base and one body Roman grey ware and one body sherd Roman oxidised.
One jar rim and three body sherds Thetford type (weight 16g).
One rim pimply Ipswich.
Seventeen medieval unglazed.
Four Glazed Grimston.
Eight post medieval (some 'late').

'Site' near road:
One Roman greyware sherd.
Three jar rim and five body sherds Thetford type (22g).
Two Glazed Grimston.
Nine post medieval.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 April 1997.

December 1998. Surface find in survey square E9. [3].
Fragment of lava quern.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 July 2000.

December 1998 to January 1999. Field observation. [4].
Identifed by P. A. Robins (NCM).
Square B8 or nearby, headland by the road opposite the plantation pit; broken tertiary flint flake, unmodified. Edge damage probably accidental.
Square B8 or very nearby, as above: flint flake fragment.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 July 2000.

February/March 2004. Further gridded fieldwalking.
1144 worked flints.
Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
See notes, lists and plan (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 July 2004.

See file for finder's plans (S1) showing flint, pottery and other distributions from work carried out in 2003.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 October 2004.

1-8 May 2005. Further gridded fieldwalking, continuing into area of formerly separate field named Mansion (NHER 25470).
Prehistoric and Neolithic flints.
Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 April 2006.

January 2010-December 2013. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval button and crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017.

January-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [1].
Undated casting waste.
1 Roman coin.
Late Saxon/medieval scabbard chape with ring-and-dot motifs.
2 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2019.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Roman - 1000000 BC to 409 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
• FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
• FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to 19th Century - 651 AD to 1900 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 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

• CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
• METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
• POT (Undated)
• QUERN (Undated)
• 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)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
• LAUREL LEAF (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
• BORER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
• RETOUCHED FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
• POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
• POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
• POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• RING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
• SCABBARD (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1100 AD)
• POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
• JETTON (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1309 AD to 1310 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1485 AD)
• BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
• CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)

Protected Status - none

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• Parish Summary: Field Dalling (Parish Summary)