Record Details

NHER Number:22253
Type of record:Monument
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal detecting from 1983 onwards recovered a range of objects, including Neolithic and Bronze Age arrowheads, Roman brooches and coins, a Saxon coin and medieval coins. Also, 1991 aerial photographs showed the cropmarks of a linear feature.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TM39SW
Parish:DITCHINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1983 onwards. [1].
Roman coins 2nd to 4th century.
Roman brooches.
See lists in File.
Information from NCM.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 February 1986.

Addenda 1985. Mid 1st century Iron Age style lynch pin, (S1).

May 1992. Metal detecting.
Roman dolphin type brooch.
Roman disc brooch.
Two medieval coins (see list in file).
Identified by J.A. Davies (NCM) 23 June 1992.


1991, 12 April.
Within this site; linear cropmarks on OS aerial photographs.
B.Cushion and E.Rose (NLA), 27 May 1994.

27 May 1992. Metal detecting.
Tiny Romano British brooch 40 to 60/65 AD. Identified by D.Mackreth.
Roman follis. See list in file. Identified by J.Davies (NCM) 1 June 1992.
W.Milligan (NCM) 6 December 1994.

1993.Metal detecting.
Roman trumpet derivative brooch, 1st/2nd century AD.
See (S2) in file.
Bronze leatherworking or bookbinding stamp. See rubbing (S3).
W.Milligan (NCM) 10 March 1993.

Before 20 January 1988. Metal detecting.
Barbed and tanged arrowhead, leaf arrowhead, flint flake, Middle Saxon coin.
See manuscript list with grid references in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 May 2001.

Monument Types

  • LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
  • SITE (Unknown date)

Associated Finds

  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • LINCH PIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STAMP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. OS 91-032 063.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: White, S.. 1986. Drawing of an Iron Age lynch pin.. Film. 2:1.
<S2>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S3>Illustration: [Unknown]. 1993. Rubbing of a post-medieval copper alloy leatherworking or book-binding stamp. Paper. 1:1.

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