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Record Details

NHER Number:	20581
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Possible Roman and Middle Saxon settlement

Summary

Metal detecting and fieldwalking have recovered a wide range of finds. These include prehistoric worked flints, Roman and Saxon coins, fragments of Middle Saxon pottery, Roman, medieval and post medieval metal finds and a Late Saxon Scandinavian type weight. Similar type weights have also been found near Sheffield. The concentration of Roman and Saxon finds suggests this was an area of Roman and Saxon settlement.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:	Not displayed
Map Sheet:	TM39NE
Parish:	HECKINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Winter 1983 to 1984. Metal detecting in ploughsoil.
Context 2.
Silver penny of Offa. Not seen NAU or NCM, but a reliable report.
Information from [1].
A. Gregory (NAU), 16 August 1984.

October 1984. Metal detecting.
Context 3.
Middle Saxon sceatta standard type.

Context 4: 30m northeast of Context 3.
Middle Saxon sceatta, standard type.
Information from [1].
A. Gregory (NAU), 15 October 1984.

August 1985. Metal detecting in ploughsoil.
Context 5, between Context 3 and Context 4.
Middle Saxon sceatta, head standard type, with runic inscription (more details to follow).
Information from [1].

March 1986. Metal detecting.
Context 6 very close to Context 5.
Middle Saxon head standard sceatta, uninscribed.
See (S1).
Information from [1].
A. Gregory (NAU), 21 May 1986.

March 1986. Fieldwalking by Hales survey. Heckingham site 43.
Middle Saxon Ipswich Ware, and other pottery as listed below, also Roman tegula and prehistoric worked flint.
See list in file and plot of Contexts 7 to 10.
Information from [2].
A. Rogerson (NAU), 23 June 1986

October 2001. Metal detecting.
Medieval strap end.
See description in file.
S. Ashley (NLA), 6 December 2001.

January 2004. Metal detecting.
Three Roman coins.
Medieval key fragment.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 March 2004.

September 2004. Metal detecting. Site extended to whole field.
Two Roman and one Late Saxon coins.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects, including post medieval silver ?dress hook submitted for consideration as Treasure.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 November 2004.

October 2004. Metal detecting.
Middle Saxon silver pin head and other, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 November 2004.

December 2004. Metal detecting.
Roman and medieval brooch at [3].
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 February 2005.

January 2005. Metal detecting.
Roman brooch.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 March 2005.

Sites 17a/b and Site 43.
These are probably part of one site. This site has been interpreted as an area of Roman settlement. 2nd to 3rd centuries AD.
Sites 34, 43/1 and 43/2.
These are probably part of the same site. It has been interpreted as an area of Middle Saxon settlement. Limited area northeast of [4].
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 1 February 2006.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
SETTLEMENT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

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)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
STRAP END (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
COIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
WEIGHT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (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)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---	Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2006. Treasure Annual Report 2004. pp 85 and 125; Nos 122 and 260; Fig 260.
---	Photograph: QB 23-36.
---	*Fieldwork: Hales Survey. 43. Hales.
---	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.
---	Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---	Unpublished Document: Hales Survey. Hales Survey fieldwalking notes.
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>	Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
<S2>	Monograph: Davison, A.. 1990. The Evolution of Settlement in Three Parishes in South-East Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. Vol 49.

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