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Record Details

NHER Number:25706
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Fieldwalking on the line of the Norwich southern bypass recovered prehistoric worked flints, one piece of medieval pottery and a medieval iron knife. Later metal-detecting and fieldwalking between 2004 and 2019 found a large scatter of prehistoric worked flint, including a Lower Palaeolithic flake, Upper Palaeolithic flake, Mesolithic to Neolithic blades, Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age flakes, an Early Neolithic flake, Neolithic to Bronze Age flakes, blades, scrapers, cores, and a knife, Neolithic adzes and a laurel leaf arrowhead, and post-medieval gunflint debitage; Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon/medieval, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval jettons; post-medieval tokens and Roman, Early Saxon and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman bell, furniture fitting, stylus and dolphin brooch; an Early Saxon wrist clasp and belt stiffener; a Late Saxon disc brooch; a medieval lead seal matrix, key, thimble, harness mount and dress accessories including an unusual buckle plate; fragments of a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel, a paperclip rivet and several rings and post-medieval dress accessories, coin weights, trade weights, an apothecaries' weight, book clasp, crotal bell, harness mounts and numerous lead cloth seals.

Images

  • Medieval buckle from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval harness hook from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post-medieval cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post-medieval cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post-medieval cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval key from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Roman stylus from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Late Saxon disc brooch from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post Medieval button from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post Medieval cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post Medieval from cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post Medieval cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post Medieval cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post Medieval cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post Medieval cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post Medieval cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post Medieval cloth seal from NHER 25706 © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG20SW
Parish:KESWICK, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

November 1986. Fieldwalking in advance of Norwich Southern Bypass. 'Field 47'.
Worked flints; one medieval sherd; medieval iron knife.
For full details of finds, including modern items not included in record, weather conditions, etc., see (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 26 February 1990.

February-March 2004. Metal-detecting.
1 Early Saxon wrist clasp.
2 medieval coins, 1 jetton, 1 buckle.
3 post-medieval coins.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
S. Ashley (NLA), 15 April 2004.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 26 February 2014.

Before 18 May 2007. Metal-detecting.
1 Iron Age coin.
2 medieval coins, 1 buckle and 1 rotary key for casket.
6 post-medieval coins, 3 tokens, 1 coin weight, 1 harmess mount, 1 buckle and 1 copper alloy button.
Numismatic items identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by A. Rogerson (NLA). See list and descriptions in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 19 April 2020 [11].

October-November 2005. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead.
2 Roman coins.
1 medieval hooked belt mount and 1 strap end.
1 post-medieval token, 1 jetton, 1 wire hooked fastener, 1 crotal bell, 1 ?scissor fragment and 1 lead cloth seal.
Flint arrowhead identified by P. Robins (NCM), numismatic items by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 December 2005. Updated by J. Page (HES), 3 March 2014.

2 April 2006-8 April 2007. Metal detecting.
12 Roman and 1 medieval coin.
Romano-British, Late Saxon and post medieval metal objects.
Romano-British sherd, post medieval token.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 April 2007.

August-September 2011. Metal-detecting.
Two Roman, two medieval and one post-medieval coin, Romano-British bell, medieval seal matrix and jetton, post-medieval tokens and jettons.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 20 October 2011.

September-October 2011. Metal-detecting.
One medieval and two post-medieval coins, three post-medieval tokens and jetton, Romano-British, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects (including post-medieval silver button).
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 13 November 2011.

October-November 2011. Metal-detecting.
One Roman, one medieval and one post-medieval coin, Roman, Early Saxon, medieval (S1), medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 6 December 2011.

December 2011- January 2012. Metal-detecting.
Two Roman, one medieval and one post-medieval coin, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects (including post-medieval silver button).
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 2 February 2012.

Before 23 January 2012. Fieldwalking. [1].
Early Neolithic flint flake and laurel leaf.
Neolithic flint blades.
Early Neolithic/Late Bronze Age blade, core, flint flakes and scrapers.
Late prehistoric flint flakes and blades.
1 Iron Age pottery sherd.
8 medieval pottery sherds.
3 post-medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2013.

January-February 2012. Metal-detecting.
Medieval and post-medieval metal objects, medieval jetton, post-medieval coin, token and coin weight.
See descriptions in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 14 March 2012.

August-September 2012. Metal-detecting. [2].
2 Roman coins, 1 pottery sherd and a copper alloy stylus.
Late Saxon copper alloy disc brooch.
1 medieval pottery sherd, an unusual buckle plate, a hooked bar-mount from harness and a thimble.
3 post-medieval coins, 2 tokens, lead cloth seals, weights, lead buttons, a bar mount from a harness, a harness mount, buckle frame and a strap-end.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 November 2012.

Before 19 September 2012. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Roman pottery sherd and an incomplete stylus.
1 Late Saxon disc brooch.
Medieval/post-medieval weight.
1 post-medieval coin and buttons.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 September 2013.

9 October 2012. Fieldwalking. [3].
Neolithic flint flakes, blades and a scraper.
Early Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint flakes, a knife and scraper.
Late prehistoric flint flake.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2013.

October 2012-March 2013. Metal-detecting. [5].
Early Neolithic flint flakes.
Neolithic flint flake.
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
Iron Age pottery sherds.
Roman pottery sherds.
Late Saxon Thetford Ware pottery sherds.
Medieval pottery sherds.
14 post-medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017.

October 2014. Metal-detecting. [6].
Neolithic adze fragment.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017

Before July 2017. Fieldwalking. [7].
PAS details to follow.
E. McDonald (HES), 25 September 2020.

24 July 2017. Fieldwalking. [8].
Prehistoric flint core.
Neolithic adze.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 9 January 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2018.

27 July 2017. Fieldwalking. [9].
Lower Palaeolithic hard hammer struck flake.
3 Mesolithic to Late Neolithic blades.
2 Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age flakes.
Neolithic/Bronze Age flake assemblage.
Post-medieval gunflint debitage in a 2m diameter area centred on [10], including 34 debitage pieces, 55 small core trims, 8 blade removals and unsuccessful blades, 43 reject blade sections and 1 finished pistol sized gunflint. The collection suggests a previously unknown gunflint manufacturing site may have existed at this location (see NHER 64451).
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2018.

January-May 2019. Metal-detecting. [12].
Late (Final) Upper Palaeolithic blades.
Early Neolithic flake.
50 Neolithic/Bronze Age flakes, 6 scrapers, 5 cores, and a leaf-shaped biface knife.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 March 2020.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)
  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 150001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 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

  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
  • CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Bronze Age - 500000 BC to 701 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic to Early Mesolithic - 12000 BC to 10000 BC)
  • BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • ADZE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • ADZE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BLADE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CORE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • CORE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • KNIFE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • KNIFE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • LAUREL LEAF (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 41 AD to 54 AD)
  • BELL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STYLUS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 143 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 270 AD to 280 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 323 AD to 324 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 350 AD to 351 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • RIVET (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS HOOK (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1207 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1333 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1461 AD to 1497 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
  • APOTHECARY WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SCISSORS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1584 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century - 1562 AD to 1586 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1649 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • GUNFLINT (16th Century to 19th Century - 1580 AD to 1850 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1583 AD to 1585 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1584 AD to 1587 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 19th Century - 1590 AD to 1826 AD)
  • BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1685 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1614 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1614 AD to 1634 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1614 AD to 1636 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1643 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1670 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1670 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1660 AD to 1660 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1668 AD to 1668 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1668 AD to 1668 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (17th Century - 1675 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1688 AD to 1688 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1700 AD to 1700 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Publication: British Museum. 2013. Treasure Act Annual Report 2011. p xlviii.
---Publication: British Museum. 2014. Treasure Act Annual Report 2012. p 53.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
---Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of a medieval copper alloy buckle.. Film. 2:1.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Article in Monograph: Ashley, S. 2016. Anglo-Norman elite objects from castle and countryside. Castles and the Anglo-Norman World. Proceedings of a Conference held at Norwich Castle in 2012. Davies, J. et al (eds). pp 281-298. Fig 18.2 No 16.
<S1>Archive: NAU. 1985 to 1989. Norwich Southern Bypass Fieldwork Folder..
<S2>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of a medieval copper alloy key.. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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