NHER 35042 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

A geophysical and fieldwalking survey between 2002 and 2003 detected linear anomalies that may correspond with former field boundaries and recovered finds dating from the ?prehistoric, medieval and post-medieval period. Sporadic metal-detecting between 1997 and 2020 recovered Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherds; medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval tokens and a number of other, Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include Roman brooches; Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts; a Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval casket mount, harness pendant, thimble, copper alloy and lead seal matrices and lead pot mend; medieval/post-medieval purse bars, cauldron fragments, other copper alloy vessel fragments and lead weights and a post-medieval harness mount, purse bar, spur, padlock, crotal bell, clapper bell, lead bird feeder/water trough and lead weight.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG02NE
Civil Parish WOOD DALLING, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1997. Metal-detecting. [1].
Medieval coin. See list in file.
H. M. Geake (NCM), 31 October 1997.

November 2002-January 2003. Geophysical, metal detecting and fieldwalking survey. Bacton to King's Lynn pipeline plot 188.
The geophysical survey detected a number of linear anomalies that may correspond with former field boundaries shown on the 1841 tithe map 1885 ordnance survey map. Fieldwalking recovered a piece of burnt flint, two medieval pottery sherds, 21 post-medieval ceramic building material fragments and a piece of slag. The metal-detecting survey located six fragments of metal including a post-medieval buckle and crotal.
See (S1).
S. Howard (NLA), 10 February 2010.

May-June 2009. Metal-detecting. Site extended.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
Post-medieval crotal bell.
See description in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 13 July 2009.

22 September 2013. Metal-detecting Rally. [2].
4 medieval coins, a casket mount and copper alloy seal matrix.
Post-medieval purse bar.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 November 2013.

22 September 2013. Metal-detecting Rally. [3].
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
1 medieval coin.
Medieval/post-medieval purse bar.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 December 2013.

22 September 2013. Metal-detecting Rally. [4].
Roman brooch.
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl.
3 medieval coins, 1 pottery sherd, buckles, lead seal matrices, lead weight and lead pot mend.
2 medieval/post-medieval tokens, copper alloy vessel fragments and lead weights.
1 post-medieval coin, 1 token, buckle, harness mount, clapper bell, lead bird feeder/water trough and lead weight.
Information from PAS import. See finder's map in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 December 2013.

November 2017. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval thimble.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 November 2017.

4-5 November 2017. Metal-detecting. [6].
AMD112017 - PAS details to follow.
3 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald, 1 January 2018.

4-5 November 2017. Metal-detecting. [7].
5 medieval coins.
Medieval/post-medieval cauldron fragment.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 May 2019.

4-5 November 2017. Metal-detecting Rally. [8].
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
2 medieval coins.
See distribution map and notes (S2).
A. Beckham (HES), 1 December 2017. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 February 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2021.

4-5 November 2017. Metal-detecting Rally. [9].
Roman brooch.
7 medieval coins and a harness pendant.
Medieval/post-medieval purse bar.
Information from PAS import.
See Unpublished Document (S2).
A. Beckham (HES), 1 December 2017. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 2 April 2018.

4-5 November 2017. Metal-detecting Rally. [10].
Roman Colchester brooch.
1 medieval coin.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
See Unpublished Document (S2).
A. Beckham (HES), 1 December 2017. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 2 May 2018.

5 November 2017. Metal-detecting. [11].
3 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald, 1 January 2018.

18 October 2020. Metal-detecting Rally. [12].
1 medieval coin.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle.
1 post-medieval coin, a spur and padlock.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 30 March 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 18 November 2023 and 16 December 2023.

18 October 2020. Metal-detecting Rally. [13].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 11 May 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 18 November 2023.

October 2024. Metal-detecting. [14].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2025.

  • --- Article in Serial: Rogerson, A. and Ashley, S. 2014. Medieval Seal Matrices from Norfolk, 2013. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVII Pt I. No 3, p 99.
  • --- Map: Finder's Map..
  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Field Reconnaissance, Fieldwalking, Metal Detecting and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 184.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Beckerleg, J.. 2017. Distribution map and notes for Wood Dalling Rally, November 2017.
  • BURNT FLINT (Unknown date)
  • SLAG (Unknown date)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 50 AD to 150 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 50 AD to 150 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1136 AD to 1145 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1194 AD to 1204 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1216 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1216 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1207 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1216 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1218 AD to 1222 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1218 AD to 1242 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1310 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1314 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1315 AD to 1317 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1335 AD to 1399 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1337 AD to 1483 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1350 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1352 AD to 1353 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 17th Century - 1400 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1413 AD to 1422 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1413 AD to 1461 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1413 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1427 AD to 1434 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1461 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1471 AD to 1477 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1497 AD to 1537 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
  • BIRD FEEDER (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1550 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1501 AD to 1507 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1526 AD to 1529 AD)
  • BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1560 AD to 1561 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1582 AD to 1603 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • PADLOCK (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • SPUR (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1720 AD)
  • TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1639 AD to 1640 AD)
  • WEIGHT (17th Century - 1660 AD to 1685 AD)

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Sep 12 2025 10:22AM

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