Record Details

NHER Number:8916
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic and post-medieval/modern finds

Summary

In 1975 four Neolithic flint scrapers were recovered from the ground surface at this location. Metal-detecting in 2023 recovered a silver brooch of late post-medieval/modern date.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 07 00
Map Sheet:TG00SE
Parish:WICKLEWOOD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1975. Stray Find. [1].
Found on ploughed surface of OS 274:
Four D-shaped scrapers. (according to NCM records dating to 10 June 1976).
Finder showed to A. J. Lawson (NAU) two flakes, one retouched flake, and one core which he said he had found at this spot.
Information from A. J. Lawson (NAU), 03 March 1977.
E. Rose (NAU).

August-September 2023. Metal-detecting [2].
Late post-medieval/modern silver brooch.
Information from PAS import.
As this object was less than 300 years old it did not constitute potential Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.
Site extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
H. Hamilton (HES), 6 November 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2025.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BROOCH (19th Century to Early 20th Century - 1890 AD to 1910 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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