NHER 49128 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting at this location between 2006 and 2024 recovered Late Prehistoric worked flints, including a Neolithic/Bronze Age core and borer; Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; a Roman flue tile fragment; a Roman Hertfordshire puddingstone quern fragment; undatable copper alloy probable casting waste; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; post-medieval jettons and tokens and a range of other, undatable and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include an undatable copper alloy probable staple and lead weights; Roman brooches, a copper alloy furniture stud and copper alloy possible hair pin fragment; Early Saxon brooches and a girdle hanger fragment; Middle Saxon strap ends, pins and a brooch; a potentially Middle Saxon unidentified copper alloy object; Middle-Late Saxon hooked tags, a brooch, strap end and Scandinavian brooch; Late Saxon strap ends, a silver belt or harness mount and lead weight with copper alloy pyramidal mount; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories (including a medieval/post-medieval silver finger); medieval casket fittings, harness mounts, a harness pendant, padlock fragment, sword-scabbard chape, end cap from scale-tang knife, copper alloy strainer or sieve fragment, copper alloy seal matrix, copper alloy vessel leg, lead weights, lead ampulla, lead pot mend and lead probable trial piece; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy sieve fragments, other copper alloy vessel fragments, copper alloy rings, a loop handle from chafing dish or furniture, copper alloy rivet, lead standing weights, lead weights or spindle whorls, lead window came fragments and writing lead and a post-medieval crotal bell, bell fragment, casket key, dagger chape, rowel spur, toy cannon, furniture mount or escutcheon, copper alloy seal matrix, lead window came fragments, lead weight, lead cloth seal and unidentified iron implement.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81SE
Civil Parish GREAT DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

August-September 2006. Metal-detecting.
2 Roman coins.
Middle Saxon Ansate brooch and pin.
Late Saxon silver gilt belt or harness mount (S1).
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel repair.
1 post-medieval jetton, a button and toy cannon.
Numismatic items identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA).
See list in file.
The Late Saxon silver mount was declared Treasure at inquest and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2007.416). See amended Treasure Report in file.
E. Darch (NLA), 16 October 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 February 2024.

September-October 2006. Metal-detecting.
Middle-Late Saxon hooked tag.
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 November 2006.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 7 May 2014.

October-November 2006. Metal-detecting.
Undatable lead weights.
8 Roman coins and copper alloy possible hair pin fragment.
Middle Saxon/Late Saxon strap end and remarkable Scandinavian cast-in-one oval brooch.
Late Saxon strap end.
2 medieval coins, buckles, strap ends, a brooch, belt mount, pendant loop and copper alloy seal matrix.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy sieve fragments, a silver finger ring and lead standing weight.
1 post-medieval coin (18th century), 2 jettons, buckles, a button, crotal bell, bell fragment, dagger chape, rowel spur, and lead cloth seal.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See list in file.
The medieval/post-medieval silver finger ring was submitted for consideration as Treasure (Ref: 2006 T636) - see description amended by British Museum in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 December 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 February 2024.

November-December 2006. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Prehistoric retouched flint flake.
5 Roman coins, 1 pottery sherd and 1 flue tile fragment.
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd and strap ends.
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag.
Late Saxon pottery sherds and a strap end.
1 ?Late Saxon pottery sherd.
3 medieval coins, 1 token, 18 pottery sherds, a strap end, binding strip from casket, mount or binding strip from casket, unusual copper alloy vessel leg and lead pot mend.
Medieval/post-medieval rolled sheet rivet and copper alloy and lead spindle whorl.
3 post-medieval coins, 2 pottery sherds, buckles and belt mounts.
Flint identified by P. Robins (NCM), pottery by A. Rogerson (NLA), numismatic items by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 January 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 February 2024.

October-November 2007. Metal-detecting.
Medieval buckle, folding strap clasp and pendent loop from bar mount.
Post-medieval copper alloy seal matrix and lead weight.
Identified and compiled by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 February 2024.

November-December 2007. Metal-detecting.
5 Roman coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 January 2008.

October-November 2008. Metal-detecting.
Prehistoric flint flake.
5 Roman, 4 medieval and 1 post-medieval coin.
Post-medieval token.
Other, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval, post-medieval and undatable metal finds,
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 December 2008.

January-February 2010. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
3 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
3 medieval pottery sherds, buckles an annular brooch pin and lead weights.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring and pieces of unidentified sheet copper alloy scrap.
Post-medieval buckle.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 March 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 February 2024.

February-March 2010. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman coin and 1 Hertfordshire puddingstone quern fragment.
2 Middle Saxon pottey sherds.
4 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
1 medieval coin and 51 pottery sherds.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd, loop handle from chafing dish or furniture and lead standing weight.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd and a lead alloy button.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 April 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 February 2024.

April-May 2010. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
Middle Saxon pin.
?Middle Saxon unidentified gilt copper alloy object (S3).
5 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
10 medieval pottery sherds, a buckle, belt mount and lead ampulla.
Post-medieval buckle and sheet furniture mount or escutcheon.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 June 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 February 2024.

May-June 2010. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman coin and copper alloy furniture stud.
1 medieval coin, a buckle and harness mount.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 July 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 February 2024.

June-July 2010. Metal-detecting.
Undatable copper alloy probable casting waste.
1 Roman coin.
Early Saxon cruciform brooch.
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd.
1 medieval coin, 4 pottery sherds, buckles, a padlock fragment, copper alloy strainer or sieve fragment and lead weight.
Medieval/post-medieval lead window came fragments and a writing lead.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd and a button.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 August 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 February 2024.

November-December 2010. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval coin.
2 post-medieval coins and a casket key.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 2 January 2011.

Before 14 November 2011. Metal-detecting.
Undated copper alloy probable casting waste.
7 Roman pottery sherds.
Early Saxon small-long brooch fragment.
Middle Saxon discoidal pin head (S4).
9 medieval pottery sherds, a strap loop and sword-scabbard chape.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weights or spindle whorls.
Post-medieval unidentified iron implement and lead window came fragments.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 16 January 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 February 2024.

January-February 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
Undated copper alloy probable staple.
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint borer and 1 core.
14 Roman pottery sherds and brooches.
Early Saxon brooch and girdle hanger fragment.
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd.
Middle/Late Saxon Ansate brooch.
Late Saxon lead weight with copper alloy pyramidical mount.
1 medieval coin, 6 pottery sherds, buckles, a harness pendant, harness mount, end cap from scale-tang knife and lead probable trial piece.
Medieval/post-medieval button, buckle and copper alloy 'paper-clip' vessel repair rivets.
1 post-medieval token, 1 pottery sherd and buttons.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 April 2018. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 January 2023.

September 2021. Metal-detecting. [2].
Medieval strap end.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 jetton.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 December 2023, 16 December 2023 and 28 January 2024.

August 2024. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy cooking vessel fragment.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 22 June 2025.

  • --- Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2007. Drawing of a Late Saxon strap-end. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and British Museum. 2008. Treasure Annual Report 2005/6. pp 89 and 154; Nos 257 and 747; Fig 257.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2007. Drawing of a Late Saxon belt or harness mount. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2007. Drawing of a Middle/Late Saxon brooch. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • <S3> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2010. Drawing of a possible Middle Saxon gilt unidentified object. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • <S4> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of a gilt copper alloy discoidal head of Middle Saxon pin. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • BORER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • CORE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • STAPLE (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 383 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 399 AD to 399 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 475 AD to 500 AD)
  • GIRDLE HANGER (Early Saxon - 475 AD to 525 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STRAP END (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 720 AD to 850 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1000 AD)
  • AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CAME (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PADLOCK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SIEVE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SIEVE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STYLUS (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1158 AD to 1180 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • TRIAL PIECE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1207 AD)
  • RIVET (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1303 AD to 1305 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1333 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1550 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • AWL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CAME (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1644 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1657 AD to 1657 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 31 2025 8:24PM

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