Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28035 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period pottery sherds, Late Saxon stirrup, and post medieval metal objects |
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Summary
Fieldwalking here in 1990 recovered a number of prehistoric worked flints along with sherds of Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery. Subsequent metal-detecting between 1992 and 2023 recovered a Late Saxon stirrup terminal, a medieval heraldic stud or mount, part of a 16th-century double buckle and a post-medieval dress hook.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 14 32 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG13SW |
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| Parish: | LITTLE BARNINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| WICKMERE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1990. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Examined as part of survey by [1].
From northern part of site (finder's Site M8, now NHER 28035 Context 1):
Medieval and post medieval sherds, along with a post medieval roof tile and whetstone.
Previously recorded as NHER 28029.
From southern part of site (finder's Site M16, now NHER 28035 Context 2):
Undated, Neolithic, Beaker, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Also worked flints.
For sketch plans and full details of conditions see file.
Finds held by NCM.
E. Rose (NLA) 21 February 1991. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 April 2024.
1991. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Further finds from southern part of site (area of Context 2):
Late Saxon-medieval sherds.
E. Rose (NLA) 25 October 1991.
1992. Metal detector survey. [2].
Found in southern part of site (area of Context 2):
Produced only part of a 16th century double buckle.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 6 April 1993.
Before June 2002. Metal detecting.
Found in southern part of site (area of Context 2):
Late Saxon stirrup terminal.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 15 June 2002.
Before August 2012. Metal-detecting.
Found in southern part of site (area of Context 2):
Incomplete post-medieval dress hook.
See description in file.
E. Darch (HES), 10 August 2012.
October 2023. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval heraldic stud or mount (S1).
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 2. See note [4].
P. Watkins (HES), 4 April 2024 and 28 August 2024.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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
- FURNITURE FITTING (Undated)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- POT (Undated)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRESS HOOK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WHETSTONE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| --- | Photograph: 2002. KTH 1, Late saxon stirrup strap mount.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gibbon, J. 2024. Drawing of a medieval heraldic stud or mount. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1. |
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