Element record MNT27926 - Metal finds from Land to South-East of Former A46, Syerston, Newark

Summary

Metal finds from metal detecting

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 74442 48039 (177m by 187m)
Map sheet SK74NW
District Newark
Civil Parish Syerston, Newark

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

A total of 34 finds were retrieved by the metal-detector survey; all were of iron. Finds were distributed sparsely and relatively evenly across the survey site, with a slight increase in density, although still insufficient to be described as a cluster, in the south corner.

Item Range:

- A possible latch rest. It resembles other examples found in post-medieval contexts in Norwich, but is rather smaller. It could, alternatively, be a T-headed staple with one branch of the down-turned head broken off.

- An awl or scriber. It is widest at its centre point and the shaft to one side of this is circular-sectioned while the other end is rectangular. Similar examples occur in Roman contexts, but the form is conservative and comparable types of medieval and early post-medieval date are known from Norwich.

- A probable 19th century horseshoe. Another horseshoe is of late medieval-early post-medieval type, comparable to Clark’s Types 3 and 4 of the 14th-16th centuries, though similar examples occur in 16th and 17th century deposits in Norwich. A complete front shoe has a toe clip, a feature that was introduced in the mid 19th century. The final horseshoe is a post-medieval type, probably of 17th-18th century date.

- Probable chisels, probably used by a blacksmith. Similar examples occur in medieval and post-medieval levels at Norwich. An iron bar may be a further indication of a blacksmith. Such bars provided the raw material that would be smithed or wrought into finished tools and objects.

- Several nails were recovered. Most have rectangular-sectioned shafts though one has a round shaft, indicating it is of wire. Such wire nails were introduced and developed from the 19th century (Lee 1968). The other, rectangular-shafted, nails were probably manufactured by smithing or cutting and are likely to be post-medieval in date. However, nail forms are very conservative and the recovered examples could be older, though none directly resembles any of Manning’s Roman nail forms.

- There are two possible bits. The identifications are not certain though one has a lozenge-shaped terminal that closely resembles those seen on woodworking bits of late medieval to early post-medieval date from Norwich.

- Two curving bars, one of them forming a penannular loop, were recovered. The identity and function of these is unclear.

- There are also a few pieces of probable natural ironstone


R.D.Savage, 2016, Land to South-East of Former A46, Syerston, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire: Archaeological Metal-Detector Survey (Unpublished document). SNT5391.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: R.D.Savage. 2016. Land to South-East of Former A46, Syerston, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire: Archaeological Metal-Detector Survey.

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Record last edited

Jul 30 2024 4:12PM

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