Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33678 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric flints, multi-period pottery sherds and coins |
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Summary
Fieldwalking here in 1998 recovered sherds of Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery along with several prehistoric flints. Subsequent metal-detecting in 2006 retrieved Roman and medieval coins, including a possible unstruck coin blank. Metal-detecting in 2009 recovered further artefacts including Roman and medieval coins, Early Saxon/Middle Saxon, Middle Saxon/Late Saxon and post-medieval metal objects.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NE |
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| Parish: | WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
4 March 1998. Finder's field 78. Fieldwalking finds.
Roman, medieval, post-medieval sherds.
Medieval roofing tile.
Flints.
See full details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) July 1998.
3 February 2006. Metal-detecting.
One Roman coin and possible coin blank. Medieval coin.
Medieval, post-medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 27 July 2006.
Before 12 October 2009. Metal-detecting.
18 Roman coin and 1 possible furniture drop handle terminal.
1 Early/Middle Saxon silver pendant set with ovoid cabochon amethyst (S1).
1 Middle/Late Saxon silver hooked tag.
1 medieval coin.
1 ?post-medieval silver spherical unidentified object.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA). See lists in file.
The Early/Middle Saxon pendant and the Middle/Late Saxon silver hooked tag were both submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure cases 2009 T610 and 2009 T609 respectively) and the pendant was subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.140).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 May 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 May 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 410 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 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
- CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN BLANK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PENDANT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 411 AD to 850 AD)
- HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Publication: British Museum. 2011. Treasure Act Annual Report 2009. p xxii. |
| --- | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2009. Drawing of an Early/Middle Saxon silver pendant. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1. |
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