Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30802 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric, Roman and post-medieval finds |
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Summary
In 1994 a fragment of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Beaker pottery with toothed decoration was found at this location. Metal-detecting in 2022 and 2024 recovered a number of metal objects, including a Middle/Late Bronze Age looped palstave; Late Bronze Age awls; a Roman brooch, cosmetic pestle and pin and post-medieval seed drill spoons.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 77 22 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72SE |
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| Parish: | GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1994. Stray Find. [1].
Surface find washed out of ploughsoil:
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Beaker pottery sherd. Body sherd, 'fine' fabric with overall toothed/notched decoration in zones of horizontal and diagonal lines. See drawing (S1).
D. Gurney (NLA) 11 August 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 December 2023.
November 2022. Metal-detecting. [2].
Roman umbonate brooch.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024.
January 2024. Metal-detecting. [4].
Middle/Late Bronze Age looped palstave axehead.
2 Late Bronze Age copper alloy awls.
Roman cosmetic pestle and copper alloy pin.
2 post-medieval seed drill spoons.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 February 2025.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1000 BC)
- AWL (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 800 BC)
- AWL (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 800 BC)
- COSMETIC PESTLE (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
- PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 75 AD to 175 AD)
- SPOON (18th Century to 19th Century - 1750 AD to 1900 AD)
- SPOON (18th Century to 19th Century - 1750 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Illustration: Gurney, D.. 1994. Drawing of a Beaker pottery sherd.. Paper. 1:1. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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