Record Details

NHER Number:33272
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Fieldwalking and metal-detecting at this location between 1988 and 2014 recovered a Neolithic flint end scraper; Late Prehistoric/Early Saxon, Roman and post-medieval pottery sherds and a Late Saxon trefoil brooch.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 09 43
Map Sheet:TG04SE
Parish:KELLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1988. Fieldwalking.
Found at [1]:
Neolithic blade of translucent flint used as end scraper.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU). Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 11 March 1988.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1998.351.2).
Previously recorded as NHER 24508.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 August 2023.

1997. Metal-detecting.
Found at [2]:
Late Saxon trefoil brooch with remains of catchplate on reverse. Decorated with a leaf motif in each arm surrounded by three concentric grooves. Late 9th or 10th century.
See polaroid (S1).
H. Geake (NCM), 1 October 1997.

July 2013-April 2014. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Survey of proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 10).
Finds recovered at this location included:
1 Late Prehistoric/Early Saxon handmade pottery sherd.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval sherd.
See report (S2) for further details.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [2].
P. Watkins (HES), 15 August 2023.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Saxon - 4000 BC to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Early Neolithic to Early Saxon - 4000 BC to 650 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. NCM.
<S2>Unpublished Contractor Report: Evershed, R. and Pringle, I. 2015. Archaeological Non-intrusive Survey Report: Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry, Fieldwalking and Metal Detecting for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Electrical Connection, Norfolk. Allen Archaeology Ltd. AAL 2014060.

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