Record Details

NHER Number:25520
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Fieldwalking and metal detecting at this location between 1989 and 2023 recovered prehistoric worked flints; potentially prehistoric burnt flint 'pot boilers'; Roman, Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherd; a medieval coin; a Roman brooch and a medieval or post-medieval copper alloy suspension ring.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 39 25
Map Sheet:TG32NE
Parish:INGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1989. Found scattered over field to east of Old Hall. [1].
One pot boiler.
Medieval sherds.
E.B. Green (NCM), 15 August 1989.

1993. Fieldwalking find.
?Late Saxon sherd.
W. Milligan (NCM), 4 November 1993.

1993. Metal-detecting.
Found at [2]:
1 medieval or post-medieval coin (groat).
Noted in NCM records, no other details recorded.
P. Watkins (HES), 5 July 2016.

1997. Fieldwalking. [3].
Two pot boilers.
Flint piercers. See (S1) in file. Identified by P.A. Robins (NCM), 17 February 1997.
Pottery: four medieval unglazed sherds, one green glazed Grimston sherd, one lead glazed earthenware sherd, Roman greyware sherd.
Roman brooch, Colchester derivative, Hod Hill, AD 45/50 to 70/80?. Indentified by D. Mackreth, August 1997.
Medieval or post medieval rather irregular ring, perhaps a brooch or buckle but more likely to be a suspension ring.
W. Milligan (NCM), 17 February 1997.

January-June 2023. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 22 June 2025.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 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

  • BORER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1509 AD to 1526 AD)
  • BROOCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Robins, P.A.. Lithic Report.

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