Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8360 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Lower to Middle Palaeolothic, Roman, and medieval to post medieval metal objects |
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Summary
The base of a Roman jar was found on the beach in 1958. Metal detecting in the same area in 1995 recovered a medieval vessel leg and a post medieval buckle, spur, coin and lead weights. In 2019 a Lower/Middle Palaeolithic handaxe was recovered as a stray find.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 43 26 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG42NW |
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| Parish: | SEA PALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Unstratified artefacts recovered on the section of Sea Palling beach between Sea Palling access ramp and Waxham access ramp.
1958. Found on foreshore. Water-worn base of coarse Roman jar. [1].
Seen by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
1995. Metal detecting. [2].
Medieval bronze leg from vessel.
Early post medieval buckle with integral loop for dagger.
Post medieval spur, rowell broken off.
Lots of lead weights ?post medieval.
Charles I shilling.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), 8 June 1995.
W. Milligan (NCM), 8 June 1995.
July-September 2015. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [3].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
January-March 2019. Stray Find.
Objects found on foreshore by [4].
Details to Follow.
E. McDonald, 10 December 2020.
April 2019. Stray Find. [5].
Lower/Middle Palaeolithic handaxe of Wymer's type E. Also shows traces of being used as a hammerstone.
Site extended to beach area from Sea Palling access ramp to Waxham access ramp. Previous extent mapped at [6].
See [7].
E. McDonald (HES), 15 January 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 600000 BC to 150001 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DAGGER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Sea Palling. |
Related records - none
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