Earliest settlement

Finds

There have been numerous finds documented in the Sprowston area, many of which date back to the pre-Roman period.

Ice Age

Since the last Ice Age, which shaped the Norfolk landscape, the earliest activity of man is in the Mesolithic Period 10000 – 4001 BC. Flaked Flint Axe Head was discovered in Sprowston.

Neolithic Period

The Neolithic Period 4000 – 2351 BC, two more polished Axe Heads and one more Flaked Axe Head as well as a worked object (Polished Stone).

Beaker Period

The Beaker Period 2300 – 1700 BC, there have been two finds, a Flint Dagger with a short handle and a Barbed Tongued Flint Arrow Head.

Bronze Age Period

The Bronze Age Period 2350 – 701 BC, there have been only two finds, a Bronze Arrow Head and a Bronze Age Burial Site. (Near the Parish Church).

Iron Age Period

A diagram of the usage of a quern stone

The Iron Age Period 800 – 41 BC, has produced only two finds, a Pot and Pot Boiler.

Iron age quern stone

Roman Period

With the start of the last Millennium we enter the Roman Period 43 – 409 AD, there are six finds.

• Four Roman Coins.
• One Roman Pot.
• One Strap Fitting.

Pagan Period

In the Pagan Saxon Period 411 – 650 AD, there are two items, a Dress Component and a Furniture Fitting.

Saxon Period

Mid Saxon Period 651 – 850 AD, the finds are a Box, a Dress Component and a Furniture Fitting.

Late Saxon Period 851 – 1066 AD, there are just two items which were Stirrups.