NHER 32098 (Find Spot record) - Roman and medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting at this location between 1996 and 2017 recovered Roman and medieval coins and several other metal objects, including a Middle/Late Bronze Age copper alloy barbed and tanged arrrowhead, a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead and a Roman terret ring and exceptionally large Dolphin brooch.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF91NW
Civil Parish MILEHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

August 1996.Metal detecting. [1].
Hinged Dolphin brooch, (S1). Pin and part catchplate missing. Gilded.
Probably the largest Dolphin brooch ever made! 1st century.
Identified by D.Gurney (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 September 1996.

April 2015-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
Middle/Late Bronze Age copper alloy barbed and tanged arrowhead, missing one barb (S2). Copper alloy arrowheads are rare and bear morphological similaritiies to earlier flint examples.
Late Bronze Age socketed axehead.
Roman dropped-bar terret.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 September 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.

January 2017. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin.
A. Beckham (HES), 18 December 2017. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 6 March 2017.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gurney, D.. 1996. Drawing of a Roman dolphin brooch.. Paper. 1:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2018. Drawing of an incomplete probable Middle Bronze Age tanged arrowhead. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1100 BC? to 750 BC?)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 26 2023 10:30PM

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