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Record Details

NHER Number:	24456
Type of record:	Find Spot
Name:	Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting and fieldwalking between 1989 and 2013 recovered prehistoric worked flint and an Early Bronze Age stone mace fragment; Iron Age, Roman and medieval pottery sherds; Roman brick fragments; a Roman shale bead; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval token and Roman, Early Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include Roman, Early Saxon and medieval brooches; a Roman bracelet fragment, box, pin, furniture fitting, pot mend, razor, steelyard weight and tweezers; medieval dress accessories, an ampulla, part of a candlestick, a strap fitting, pot mend, weight, copper alloy vessel fragment and part of a harness; a medieval/post-medieval lead spindle whorl and a post-medieval buckle, bell, cloth seal, furniture fitting, Jew's harp, musket ball, seal, spoon and weight. There is also undated evidence for metalworking on the site.

Images

Location

Grid Reference:	TM 14 92
Map Sheet:	TM19SW
Parish:	ASLACTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
	BUNWELL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

January and February 1988. Fieldwalking and metal detecting.
Iron Age pottery.
Roman sherds, coins and metalwork.
Early Saxon brooch.
Medieval and post medieval sherds, coins, and metalwork.
See file and (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM) 10 February 1988.

1991. Metal detecting.
Further Roman, medieval and post medieval coins and metalwork
See (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM) 22 July 1991.

1992. Metal detecting.
Roman coins.
Flints.
See (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM) 18 August 1992.

1997. Metal detecting.
Nine Roman coins
One post medieval token
Undated Roman, medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See file.

2000-Before 10 March 2003. Metal detecting.
Early Bronze Age mace head fragment.
Iron Age, Roman and medieval sherds.
?Roman shale bead.
Fourteen Roman and one medieval coin.
Medieval, post medieval and undatable metal objects.
See file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 24 May 2003.

Before 12 July 2004. Metal detecting.
Prehistoric flint flake.
Six Roman and two medieval coins.
Roman, medieval, post medieval and undatable metal objects.
One Iron Age and one Roman sherds.
See file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 November 2004.

Before 12 July 2012. Metal-detecting.
Medieval, medieval/post-medieval and undatable metal objects.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 14 February 2013.

January-July 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
5 Roman coins.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 12 March 2013.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
STAPLE (Unknown date)
WEIGHT (Undated)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
MACE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
BEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT MEND (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
RAZOR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 117 AD to 138 AD)
COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 268 AD)
COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
COIN (Roman - 351 AD to 353 AD)
COIN (Roman - 351 AD to 353 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CANDLESTICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JEWS HARP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
MUSKET BALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SPOON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1560 AD to 1561 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---	Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
---	Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
<S1>	Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.