Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33873 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age to Early Saxon and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds |
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Summary
Metal-detecting in 1998 and 2013/2014 recovered Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; a Roman tile fragment; a post-medieval token and Early Saxon and medieval metal objects. The metal finds include part of an Early Saxon cruciform brooch and a medieval buckle and mount.
The field is called Mill Dam Close field and reports suggest that part of a millstone may have been found here. This may, therefore, be the location of a post-medieval watermill.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 72 20 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72SW |
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| Parish: | GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1998. Metal detecting finds. Mill Dam Close. [1].
Post medieval token.
Early Saxon cruciform brooch.
Medieval buckle and mount.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 4 October 1998.
An English Heritage Scheduling report (S1) for the field to the west (NHER 11830) refers to an early 18th century map and this field as Mill Dam Close. A 19th century incumbent refers to a broken millstone in the river near Well Hall and another on the farm.
D. Gurney (NLA), 11 January 2001.
The name of the field, as given in (S1), suggests this may have been the site of a post medieval mill although it cannot be located with any certainty. The broken millstone found in the river near Well Hall may have been found in this field, but it may not have!
M. Dennis (NLA), 21 December 2005.
Around 2005. Stray Find.
Found at [2]:
1 undatable lava millstone fragment. Made of Niedermendig/Andernach lava, which was imported to England from Roman times until the medieval period.
Identified by J. Smallwood (KLWNAS). See notes (S2) and photographs in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 February 2017.
September 2013-September 2014. Fieldwalking. [3].
8 Iron Age pottery sherds.
8 Roman pottery sherds and 1 tile fragment.
6 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
57 medieval pottery sherds.
4 post-medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 March 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 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 (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WATERMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- MILLSTONE (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 15th Century - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
- TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. Scheduling Report. NHER 11830. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Jukes, S. 2016. Notes on lava millstone fragment from Well Hall, Gayton. |
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