NHER 44041 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2005 and 2023 recovered a Neolithic polished flint axehead; a Roman pottery sherd and a number of metal objects, including a Middle/Late Bronze Age gold and electrum penannular ring; Roman brooches, a medieval buckle and a post-medieval rotary key, copper alloy weight and lead cloth seal.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG04SW
Civil Parish WIVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Before 22 December 2005. Metal detecting.
Two Roman brooches.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 20 January 2006.

Before 10 November 2006. Metal detecting.
Neolithic polished flint axehead.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 8 February 2007.

August 2014. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 29. [1].
Finds recorded on the PAS database:
Post-medieval cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
Finds not identified by HES or recorded on the PAS database:
Details to follow.
For additional low grade finds not recorded by HES see S1 in file for NHER 6143.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014.

August 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman pottery sherd and a disc brooch.
Medieval buckle.
Post-medieval rotary key and copper alloy weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014.

August 2023. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours. [3].
Middle/Late Bronze Age gold penannular ring inlaid with bands of electrum (a naturally occurring silvery gold).
Information from PAS import.
This gold ring was submitted for consideration as Treasure (Ref: 2023 T1038).
P. Watkins (HES), 3 May 2025.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Discovery Tours. 2014. Discovery Tours Low Grade Material Record Sheet. Field Nos. 29, 30, 31 and 32.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • PENANNULAR RING (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1300 BC to 801 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 388 AD to 402 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1289 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1289 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1558 AD to 1603 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 2 2025 2:44PM

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