Record Details

NHER Number:3404
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Prehistoric, Roman and post-medieval finds

Summary

Prehistoric flints are recorded as having been found at this location. The circumstances of their discovery are unknown. Metal-detecting between 2020 and 2023 recovered a post-medieval coin and a number of other metal objects, including a probable Roman pin and a post-medieval spur fragment and lead weight.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 65 15
Map Sheet:TF61NE
Parish:MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

'Flints' written here on old Norwich Castle Museum map (S1).
Information from record cards (S2) and (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 March 2024.

April 2020-January 2023. Metal-detecting. [1].
Roman pin.
Post-medieval spur fragment and lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field [2]. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
P. Beers (HES), 13 April 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 9 February 2024.

January-March 2023. Metal-detecting. [4].
KLMD032023 - PAS details to follow.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SPUR (16th Century to 18th Century - 1540 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1544 AD to 1551 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Middleton.
<S1>Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.

Related records - none

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