Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9648 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic axehead, Late Iron Age to Roman, medieval and post-medieval finds |
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Summary
A Neolithic flaked flint axehead was recovered as a stray find 1961. Metal-detecting in 2018 and 2019 recovered an Early Neolithic flake and scraper; a medieval coin and post-medieval token; and a Late Iron Age/Roman linch pin; and a Roman brooch.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 29 09 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | GREAT AND LITTLE PLUMSTEAD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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| POSTWICK WITH WITTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1961. Stray find. [1].
Neolithic chipped flint axehead.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 19 September 2018.
July- September 2018. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
Late Iron Age/Roman linch pin (S1).
1 post-medieval token.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 19 September 2018. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 5 November 2018.
September-October 2019. Metal-detecting. [3].
Early Neolithic flake and scraper.
Roman brooch.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 December 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3000 BC)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3000 BC)
- LINCH PIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 100 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 50 AD to 100 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1356 AD to 1361 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NE 34. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Serial: 1961. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1961. No 8. p 4. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Plumstead (Great). |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2018. Drawing of a Late Iron Age lynch pin. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1. |
Related records - none
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