Record Details

NHER Number:37718
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Undated, prehistoric, Roman or Middle Saxon and medieval to post-medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 2002 and 2007 recovered prehistoric worked flints including a scraper, blade, flakes and a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age knife; Late prehistoric, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds and Roman or Middle Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman or Middle Saxon pin; a medieval buckle and strainer; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments and a post-medieval crotal bell, lead weight and unidentified copper alloy object.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 39 29
Map Sheet:TG32NE
Parish:HAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October 2002. Metal detecting.
Undatable lead weight.
Prehistoric flint flake.
Roman or Middle Saxon pin.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 December 2002.

August 2003. Metal detecting.
Medieval strainer and buckle.
Post-medieval lead weight.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 September 2003.

November 2003. Metal detecting, site extended.
Prehistoric flint scrapers and flake.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 January 2004.

November - December 2006. Metal detecting, site extended.
2 medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments.
Post-medieval crotal bell.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 January 2007.

March - April 2007. Metal detecting.
3 prehistoric worked flints
1 possible Roman pottery sherd.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 May 2007.

December 2007-January 2008. Metal detecting.
Prehistoric worked flints, medieval sherd and unidentified post-medieval metal object.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 24 February 2008.

2 October 2012. Metal-detecting. [1].
The unusual medieval lead mount previously recorded under this number is now recorded under NHER 53782.
Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 8 December 2022.

December 2012-January 2013. Metal-detecting. [2].
The medieval/post-medieval jetton previously recorded under this number is now recorded under NHER 66512.
A. Beckham (HES), 9 December 2022.

January-February 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
The post-medieval coin weight previously recorded under this number is now recorded under NHER 66512.
A. Beckham (HES), 9 December 2022.

July-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [4].
The medieval coin previously recorded under this number is now recorded under NHER 66512.
A. Beckham (HES), 9 December 2022.

See [5].
A. Beckham (HES), 14 December 2022.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • KNIFE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • PIN (Roman to Middle Saxon - 43 AD to 850 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAINER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

Related records - none

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