Record Details

NHER Number:24943
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Casual finds during strawberry picking at this site included a prehistoric flint flake, Late Saxon and medieval pottery fragments and a medieval roof tile fragment. Later metal detecting at the same site recovered a wide range of finds from the Roman to the medieval period. Highlights include a Roman brooch, a Late Saxon Offa penny dated to 1089 and a large number of medieval buckles.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TF62SE
Parish:CASTLE RISING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1988. Found, very casually, on surface while picking strawberries.
One flint flake.
Two probably Thetford type body sherds.
Three medieval unglazed sherds.
Three glazed Grimston sherds.
One probably glazed Grimston sherd.
One peg tile fragment, probably medieval.
Prolific pottery (mostly small sherds) considering small amount of bare ground.
Extent of scatter not defined.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 22 November 1988.

March 1996. Metal detecting.
Area extended north (context 2).
Roman and post medieval coins.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 3 May 1996.

April 1996. Metal detecting.
Roman, Middle Saxon, medieval coins.
See lists in file.
Roman brooch and tweezers.
Middle Saxon pin.
Medieval metal finds.
Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 May 1996.

February 1997. Metal detecting.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See list in file.
Roman and medieval coins.
Medieval jetton.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 8 April 1997.

February 1997. Found with previously reported material.
James I/Charles I 1603 to 1649 post medieval copper alloy coin weight. Square. Four annulets on each broad face. Counter mark very worn, possibly a lion. Weight 5.95g.
Identified by V. Fryer (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 1 May 1997.

January 2001. Metal detecting.
Site extended northwards.
Medieval, post medieval and undatable metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 March 2001.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Roman - 1000000 BC to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to 19th Century - 651 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • RING (Unknown date)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BOX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MIRROR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STUD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

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