Sewage Site - Day 26 + another ankle breaker...

[CRUSADER]

Weather was nice but our field options are bad until the drilling of 3 Roman Sites are complete.
The first 2.5 hrs we tried the top of the Sewage Site field but as usual we had no luck up there. Managed to get 3 scrappies from the hotspot, but that was it.
Moved to a low yield Roman Site which is still a pretty bad ankle breaker. Did another 2.5 hrs with 4 scrappies & Cru'dad saved the day with a Viking Stirrup Terminal.(Type we need)
See how they functioned:
https://travellingnorth.nl/Viking-artefacts/viking-or-anglo-saxon-stirrup-mounts.html

Also had a bit of a Roman Bracelet, small bit of a large Roman Roof Tile & a Medieval Leather Mount.

 

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[Silvermonkey]

Great stuff Crusader. Having never seen a Viking Stirrup Terminal....which pic is that? How often do you come across Viking items?

 

[ArfieBoy]

More super finds, Crusader! Congratulations. Thanks for posting.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Yay for Cru' dad! Is the roof tile high status? What century? Love to see what you dig up...

 

[ToddsPoint]

By "drilled" I take it to mean planted. The farmers allow you to dig in a freshly planted field? I don't think I could get away with that around here. Gary

 

[CRUSADER]

Great stuff Crusader. Having never seen a Viking Stirrup Terminal....which pic is that? How often do you come across Viking items?

Middle bottom of 4th photo with the openwork holes.
Thought to be a backwards biting Dragons Head.
No we don't get much Viking material & it is Very Rare. (Other than Norman, it's the toughest period for us to find)
See a better example that sold:
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...0112/lot-e1324d8b-dae0-490c-9a18-a7cc00a8c264

Diagram of how they functioned:
https://travellingnorth.nl/Viking-artefacts/viking-or-anglo-saxon-stirrup-mounts.html
The Vikings were the first to bring the Stirrup into Britain in the 9th C AD.

 

[CRUSADER]

Yay for Cru' dad! Is the roof tile high status? What century? Love to see what you dig up...

Circa 3rd C. It's an oddity on this site, normally a tile of this size would go on a large 2 story public building however, this is a small rural homestead, so doesn't really add up. Maybe they reused other buildings materials, or it was randomly dropped from elsewhere?

 

[CRUSADER]

By "drilled" I take it to mean planted. The farmers allow you to dig in a freshly planted field? I don't think I could get away with that around here. Gary

Yes, drilled is planted.
Every farmer has different rules, all of which we obey. This farmer allows us on drilled beans until they start to show & on Wheat until its a few inches. Some don't allow this. It's all part of setting the ground rules at the start of the relationship so that you don't upset. Like not being on the land during shooting season.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Thanks for the extra info Crusader. Those links were quite helpful.

 

[Westfront]

With the year going on it gets tougher every week to find a spot not planted. Our farmers are late on some fields, but most of the roman sites we have had winter wheat anyway. Still not a bad day coming home with a piece viking history! We have random fields with roman roof tiles coming from somewhere. Some picked from roman sites to clear the field, some reused later. We have a medieval built church close with hundreds of roman roof tiles masoned in a fishbone pattern.

 

[CRUSADER]

With the year going on it gets tougher every week to find a spot not planted. Our farmers are late on some fields, but most of the roman sites we have had winter wheat anyway. Still not a bad day coming home with a piece viking history! We have random fields with roman roof tiles coming from somewhere. Some picked from roman sites to clear the field, some reused later. We have a medieval built church close with hundreds of roman roof tiles masoned in a fishbone pattern.

Seems likely as I don't see it fitting this small farm building.