Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34009 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric, Early Saxon and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds |
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Summary
Fieldwalking and metal-detecting at this location between 1997 and 2024 has recovered prehistoric flints; a medieval ceramic spindle whorl; medieval coins and a number of other, Early Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include Early Saxon brooch fragments; a Late Saxon lead weight; a medieval buckle, censer suspension unit and lead spindle whorl or weight; a medieval/post-medieval purse bar and a post-medieval crotal bell.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 43 16 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41NW |
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| Parish: | REPPS WITH BASTWICK, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January-April 1997. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey on proposed route of Bacton to Great Yarmouth pipeline (Field/Location RDX 28.1).
Five Prehistoric flints including a scraper and flakes were recovered along with a 12th to 13th century buckle plate and a medieval lead weight or spindle whorl.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.55 and NWHCM : 2017.395).
E. Rose (NLA) November 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2019.
December 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Saxon lead weight.
Medieval/post-medieval purse bar.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020.
March 2019. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
Early Saxon Small-long brooch fragment.
1 medieval coin and a censer suspension unit.
Post-medieval crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 28 February 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 July 2019.
April-May 2019. Metal-detecting. [3].
Early Saxon brooch fragment.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 September 2019.
May 2024. Metal-detecting. [4].
Medieval ceramic spindle whorl.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2025.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 475 AD to 525 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 570 AD)
- WEIGHT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1100 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL / WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1194 AD to 1200 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1205 AD)
- LAMP HANGER (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
- PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
- CROTAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1997. Bacton to Great Yarmouth Power Station Pipeline Archaeological Fieldwalking Survey. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 262. RDX 28.1. |
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