NHER 33925 (Find Spot record) - Middle Saxon to post medieval finds

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Summary

Sporadic metal-detecting between 1997 and 2018 recovered Late Saxon to medieval pottery sherds; medieval and post-medieval coins as well as Middle Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Middle/Late Saxon ansate brooch, a Late Saxon/medieval strap-end; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval part of a candlestick, thimble and a horse harness pendant, decorated with three fleurs de lis on a blue background; medieval/post-medieval thimbles, mount, coin weight and a copper alloy vessel rim; and a post-medieval strap fitting, crotal bell and thimble.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG12SE
Civil Parish	HAVERINGLAND, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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1997. Metal detecting. [1]
Medieval horse harness pendant.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM).
Drawing (S1) by S. Ashley (NLA) in file.
K.Sussams (NCM) 20 October 1998.

January-February 1999. Metal detecting. [2]
Medieval coin.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 March 1999.

1 June 2013. Metal-detecting.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 August 2013.

October 2016-April 2017. Metal-detecting. [3].
Middle/Late Saxon ansate brooch.
Late Saxon Thetford ware pottery sherd.
1 medieval coin, 2 pottery sherds, a buckle and strap end.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment, a buckle and thimble.
2 post-medieval coins and a crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 April 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 10 September 2023.

March-April 2017. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [4]
NHRG042017. - PAS details to follow.
H. Mellor (HES), 13 July 2017.

April 2017. Metal-detecting. [5].
Early Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead fragment.
Late Saxon/medieval strap-end.
Medieval coin.
Medieval/post-medieval mount and a thimble.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 May 2017. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 January 2019.

Before February 2018. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 medieval coin and a buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval coin weight.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 April 2018.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF53864 Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101.
--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (33)

ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 910 AD)
POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
STRAP END (Late Saxon to Medieval - 950 AD to 1100 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CANDLESTICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1279 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1550 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1350 AD to 1650 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1352 AD to 1353 AD)
MOUNT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1464 AD to 1470 AD)
COIN WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
CROTAL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CANDLESTICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1568 AD to 1568 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1682 AD to 1682 AD)