NHER 31653 (Find Spot) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal detecting at this site has recovered a Roman Colchester derivative brooch, a Henry III cut farthing, fourteen Roman coins, a 6th century AD jewelled disc brooch and a probable broken Neolithic or Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

1995. Metal detecting. [1].
Iron slag.
Roman brooch Colchester derivative rear hook. AD 40 to 60/65. See (S1).
Identified by D. Mackreth, July 1995.
Henry III cut farthing. See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM), 22 May 1995.
W. Milligan (NCM), 23 May 1995.

May-June 2004. Metal-detecting. Site extended to whole field north of A47.
14 Roman coins.
1 Early Saxon jewelled disc brooch (gilt, 6th cen, See (S2)).
1 post-medieval lead cloth seal (see (S1)).
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 July 2004.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 3 March 2014.

June-July 2004. Metal-detecting.
Flint arrowhead, probably barbed and tanged.
See description in file.
E. Darch (NLA), 16 August 2004.

ENMD102025 - PAS details awaited. [2].
Finder's 'Bypass Field'.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 October 2025.

Associated Sources (4)

<S1> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S2> SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (8)

BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Oct 4 2025 9:09AM