NHER 31063 (Find Spot record) - Late prehistoric, Roman and Middle/Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 1994 and 2015 recovered a late prehistoric flint flake; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and Middle/Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman furniture fitting, a Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag; medieval buckles, a seal matrix, rotary key and a strap-end; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and a spur rowel and a post-medieval crotal bell, harness mount and hooked sword belt mount.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM19NE
Civil Parish	FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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August/September 1994. Metal detecting. [1].
Roman coin. See list in file.
Wonderful double sided seal matrix, lead. 12th/13th century. Circular, with loop on edge. First side - elaborate trefoil S'IOHANNIS FIL' ROBERT. Second side S'ILIANE DE ROBERTI. Rosette in centre.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 November 1994.

August-September 2011. Metal-detecting.
One medieval coin.
See lists in file.
A. Marsden (HES), 29 September 2011.

September-October 2011. Metal-detecting.
Prehistoric flint flake and post-medieval coin.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 2 November 2011.

August-September 2014. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field JT3. Site extended to whole field. [2].
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag.
Medieval buckles and a strap-end.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and a spur rowel.
Post-medieval crotal bell and hooked sword belt mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 8 January 2015.

October 2015. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Filed JT3. [3].
1 Roman coin and a furniture fitting.
Medieval rotary key.
Post-medieval harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 January 2016. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 6 March 2017.

Associated Sources (1)

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Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (17)

FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 720 AD to 1100 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1204 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1500 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
ROWEL SPUR (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1582 AD to 1603 AD)
BELL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1650 AD)

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Record last edited

May 27 2020 10:52AM