NHER 51256 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2004 and 2021 recovered prehistoric worked flints (including at least two possible Mesolithic blades); Late Saxon/medieval, medieval and medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; post-medieval tokens and a range of other, Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a Roman brooch; an Early Saxon brooch; a Middle/Late Saxon ansate brooch; a Late Saxon brooches, a buckle and strap end; Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorls; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval sword and dagger scabbard chapes, a padlock in the form of a horse, candle-holder, harness pendant, possible ewer animal-head spout, sheet copper alloy sieve, lead seal matrix and lead ampulla; medieval/post-medieval weights, a candle stick, ring, cauldron fragment and copper alloy vessel fragments and a post-medieval harness mount, pipe tamper, spoon stem and sword belt mount.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL99NE
Civil Parish CASTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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November 2004 and 28-30 November 2009. Metal-detecting.
2 medieval coins and 2 post-medieval tokens, Late Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects, and Late Saxon/medieval pot sherd.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 21 January 2011.

17 December 2007. Metal-detecting.
Medieval padlock in the form of a horse (S1), medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel sherd.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 February 2008.

Before 1 September 2008. Metal-detecting.
2 medieval metal buckles and a strap end.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 September 2008.

28-29 November 2009. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman and 2 medieval coins, medieval buckle, strap end, pot mend, trial piece, medieval/post-medieval ring, lead weight, post-medieval buttons and a pipe tamper.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 January 2010.

November 2009. Stray finds.
Twenty-two prehistoric worked flints. Probably of mixed date with some potentially Mesolithic pieces and a number that are likely to be Neolithic.
See list (with individual grid refs) in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 24 February 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 April 2013.

24 March 2011. Metal-detecting.
Medieval pot sherd, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 11 May 2011.

March 2011. Metal-detecting.
Early Neolithic flint flake.
One medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 November 2012.

Before 5 November 2012. Metal-detecting. [1].
Middle/Late Saxon ansate brooch fragment.
Medieval/post-medieval possible Bunsen-type candlestick base.
Post-medieval conical lead weight, button and buckle frame.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 January 2013.

April 2013. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 July 2013.

April-May 2013. Metal-detecting. [3].
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl.
Medieval sheet copper alloy sieve.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 July 2013.

May 2014. Metal-detecting. [4].
Roman brooch.
Late Saxon strap end, zoomorphic stirrup terminal and bird brooch (S2).
1 medieval coin, a dagger scabbard chape, hinged strap plate, possible ewer animal-head spout and a lead ampulla.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd, buttons, a buckle and a cauldron fragment.
Post-medieval buckles and a harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2014.

May 2014-March 2015. Metal-detecting. [7].
3 Roman coins.
Early Saxon brooch.
2 medieval coins.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
1 post-medieval coin and a button.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 March 2016.

March 2015. Metal-detecting. [5].
2 Roman coins.
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorls.
Medieval buckles, a strap end, bar mount, strap loop, harness pendant and sword scabbard chape.
Medieval/post-medieval pendent weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 April 2014.

17 October 2015. Metal-detecting. [6].
3 Roman coins.
5 medieval coins, buckles, strap-ends, a mount, strap mount and strap loop.
1 post-medieval coin, 1 token, the stem of a spoon and hooked dress fastener.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 November 2015.

April 2016-June 2017. Metal-detecting. [8].
2 medieval coins.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 October 2019.

May-June 2017. Metal-detecting. [9].
Medieval lead seal matrix.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024.

December 2017. Metal-detecting. [10].
2 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald, 1 January 2018.

March 2018. Metal-detecting. [11].
Late Saxon disc brooch.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 token.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 March 2021 and 6 July 2025.

October 2020. Metal-detecting. [12].
Late Saxon disc brooch.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.

November 2021. Metal-detecting. [12].
3 medieval coins and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 28 January 2024 and 14 April 2024.

(S3) - PAS details to follow.
J. Richards HES), 23 September 2015.

  • --- Article in Monograph: Ashley, S. 2016. Anglo-Norman elite objects from castle and countryside. Castles and the Anglo-Norman World. Proceedings of a Conference held at Norwich Castle in 2012. Davies, J. et al (eds). pp 281-298. Fig 18.2 No 14.
  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2008. Drawing of a Medieval padlock in the form of a horse. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of Late Saxon copper alloy bird brooch. Film. 2:1.
  • <S3> Illustration: Ashley, S. 2014. Drawing of fragment of the mouth of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe. Film. 1:1.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
  • AWL (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 69 AD to 81 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 297 AD to 305 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 313 AD to 314 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 322 AD to 322 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 351 AD to 353 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 351 AD to 353 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 355 AD to 361 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 550 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CANDLESTICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CANDLESTICK (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PADLOCK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TRIAL PIECE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • SIEVE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1154 AD to 1180 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1222 AD to 1236 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1350 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1279 AD to 1302 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1296 AD to 1300 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
  • AMPULLA (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1363 AD to 1369 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1399 AD to 1453 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • EWER (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1427 AD to 1430 AD)
  • CANDLESTICK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1461 AD to 1483 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1501 AD to 1521 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)
  • MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PIPE TAMPER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1569 AD to 1569 AD)
  • BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1604 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1638 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • SPOON (17th Century - 1660 AD to 1700 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 AD)
  • BUTTON (17th Century to 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1800 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 8 2025 6:06PM

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