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Record Details

NHER Number:	33298
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Possible Late Saxon and medieval occupation sites and multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting in 1997 identified two concentration of material in this field, one that may represent Late Saxon occupation and the other medieval. Finds recovered in this field between 1997 and 2012 include prehistoric flints, including a Palaeolithic/Mesolithic burin and an undatable core; Roman, Late Saxon; medieval and post-medieval pottery; part of a lava quern; a Roman coin and Late Iron Age to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Iron Age/early Roman brooch; a Roman plate brooch and a stud; two Early Saxon brooches; a Late Saxon stirrup mount; medieval brooches, dress accessories, a knife end-cap, a mirror and lead pot mends; medieval/post-medieval cauldron fragments and an iron horseshoe and post-medieval dress accessories. Other notable finds include a ?medieval stone mortar.

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Location

Grid Reference:	TF 69 02
Map Sheet:	TF60SE
Parish:	BOUGHTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October 1997. Metal-detecting.
Finds predominantly from two areas. Finds from area centred at [1]:
1 Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic burin. See drawing (S1). Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1998.306). This find is listed in (S2) and also noted in (S3).
1 undatable prehistoric flint core.
1 Roman coin.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
1 Early Saxon small-long brooch (S4).
1 Late Saxon Thetford-type ware pottery sherd.
2 medieval coins.
18 medieval metal objects, including 3 annular brooches - one silver gilt (S5), 10 buckles, 2 belt fittings, 1 knife end cap, 1 ?ornamental mount, 1 vessel rim
35 medieval pottery sherds, including many large, fresh sherds. 2 unglazed, 1 glazed, 31 glazed Grimston ware, 1 late medieval/transitional.
2 ?medieval lead pot-mends.
1 ?medieval stone (coarse limestone) mortar
3 medieval/post-medieval metal objects including 1 buckle frame, 1 iron rowel spur, 1 iron horse shoe.
1 post-medieval lead alloy button.
1 post-medieval Dutch red earthenware pottery sherd.
1 undatable lava quern fragment.

Finds from area centred at [2]:
1 ?Roman decorative stud.
1 Early Saxon cruciform brooch (S6).
8 Late Saxon Thetford-type ware pottery sherds.
3 medieval metal objects including 1 buckle/brooch pin, 1 buckle plate, 1 buckle frame
4 medieval/post-medieval metal objects, including 1 iron thimble, 1 buckle frame and 2 cast cauldron fragments.
1 medieval pottery sherd.

One area suggests medieval occupation, the other Late Saxon. See finder's map in file. Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM), see descriptions in file.
These discoveries are noted in (S7) and the Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic burin is also described and illustrated in (S11).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 30 November 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 November 2013.

December 1997. Metal detecting.
Stirrup angle mount, with ?solder (but no iron corrosion) on reverse. In shape of an animal (?a horse) it is very corroded and only a few details can be made out. At top there seems to have been a zone of ribbing; below this are ears, eyes in a prominent ridge, and a long nose with a groove between the two nostrils.
Anglo-Scandinavian, Late Saxon, 11th century. See (S8) and (S9).

Both halves of a 13th/15th century mirror, corroded shut. Most of surfaces missing, but decoration of double rows of triangular punch marks just visible. Hinge lugs held together by bronze bar, the lugs opposite are not secured. Diam. 30mm.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM).

Discoveries reported in (S10).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 30 January 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 November 2013.

October 2000. Metal detecting.
2 medieval coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 November 2000.

Before 8 October 2012. Metal-detecting. [3].
Late Iron Age to early Roman brooch.
Roman lozengiform plate brooch.
2 Early Saxon sherds of pottery.
Medieval strap-end.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 December 2012.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
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)
SETTLEMENT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

POT (Undated)
QUERN (Undated)
CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
BURIN (Upper Palaeolithic to Late Mesolithic - 40000 BC to 4001 BC)
BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 1 AD to 85 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
POT (Early Saxon - 450 AD to 650 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
CAULDRON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HORSESHOE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
MIRROR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
MORTAR (VESSEL) (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
SPUR (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP END (13th Century to 15th Century - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---	Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
<S1>	Illustration: Robins, P. 1997. Sketch of an Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic flint burin from Boughton. Paper. None.
<S2>	Article in Serial: Robins, P. and Wymer, J. 2006. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Long Blade) Industries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 86-95. p 93.
<S3>	Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 244.
<S4>	Photograph: JHZ 32-33, Early Saxon Brooch..
<S5>	Photograph: JHZ 31, Medieval silver ring brooch..
<S6>	Photograph: JHZ 30, Early Saxon brooch fragment..
<S7>	Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1998. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 181-192. p 182.
<S8>	Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S9>	Photograph: JJE 28-29, Late Saxon stirrup mount.
<S10>	Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1999. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 358-368. p 359.
<S11>	Article in Serial: Robins, P. 1998. Some Recent Lithic Finds from Norfolk. The Quarterly. No 31 pp 14-19. p 16.