NHER 32877 (Find Spot record) - Roman and medieval finds

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Summary

Roman coins, a Roman brooch, a Roman ring and a medieval dress hook found during metal detecting.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL78NE
Civil Parish HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

June 1997. Metal detecting finds.
Roman coins, brooch, finger ring and ?lock knob. Many finds part covered with iron deposit.
Details in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 18 August 1997.

November 2001. Metal detecting.
Medieval dress hook, C section thick sheet with centrally placed attachment hole and hook (incomplete) at one end. The convex front surface was gilded, and is decorated with three pairs of transverse lines and a single line near the straight end. Probably related to late medieval/early post medieval hooked fittings such as example in (S1). Length (minus hook) 26mm, width 12mm.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 April 2002.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: 1954. London Museum Medieval Catalogue. Pl LXXVI; No 9.
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • LOCKING MECHANISM (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2023 12:35PM

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