NHER 40785 (Find Spot record) - Multi period metal object scatter

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Summary

Metal detecting from June to November 2004 recovered a selection of metal objects dating from the Iron Age to the post medieval period. Finds of note included an Iron Age terret ring of the Snettisham type and a Middle Saxon stylus that was reused as a pin.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM49NW
Civil Parish	NORTON SUBCOURSE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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June/July 2004. Metal detecting.
Iron Age terret ring, (S1).
See description in file.
E. Darch (NLA) 6 August 2004.

September/October 2004. Metal detecting.
Two medieval and one post medieval coins.
Middle Saxon stylus, perhaps reused as pin, (S2).
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 29 November 2004.

November 2004. Metal detecting.
Middle Saxon pin at [1].
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 December 2004.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF80727 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2004. Drawing of an Iron Age terret.. Film. 2:1.
<S2> SNF91574 Illustration: Unknown. 2004. Drawing of a Middle Saxon stylus perhaps reused as a pin.. Paper. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to 19th Century - 800 BC to 1900 AD)

Object Types (6)

HARNESS FITTING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
STYLUS (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)