NHER 51335 (Find Spot record) - Late Bronze Age and Iron Age/Roman to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2008 and 2019 recovered Roman and medieval to post-medieval coins, including a post-medieval coin hoard; a medieval jetton and Late Bronze Age and Iron Age/Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Bronze Age socketed gouge; an Iron Age/Roman possible terret; Roman brooches; an Early Saxon sword pommel cap and brooches; a Middle Saxon pin; Middle/Late Saxon strap-ends and a hooked tag; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval lead weights, seal matrices, spur rowel and horse harness pendants, mounts and suspension stud and a post-medieval coin weight, book clasp, sword belt mount, book mount, seal matrix, cloth seal, harness mount, pipe tamper and scale-tang knife end-cap.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF63NE
Civil Parish HEACHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

DO NOT ADD ANY MORE FINDS TO THIS RECORD. PLEASE USE NHER 51073. See [1].

January-February 2008. Metal-detecting.
Two Roman, two medieval and three post-medieval coins, medieval jetton, Early Saxon (S2), Middle/Late Saxon (S3) and medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 March 2008.

February-March 2008. Metal-detecting, site extended, previous area saved [2].
Two Romano-British, eight medieval and one post-medieval coin, Iron Age/Romano-British and medieval metal objects and medieval jetton.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 April 2008.

October-November 2008. Metal-detecting.
One Roman and two post-medieval coins, Early Saxon silver radiate brooch knob (S3), medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
The Early Saxon silver brooch knob was submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2009 T53) and subsequently acquired by King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 2010.3).
A. Rogerson (KLMD), 5 December 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 May 2020.

November-December 2009. Metal-detecting.
One Roman and two medieval coins, Late Bronze Age gouge (S4), Middle Saxon pin, medieval strap end, weight and post-medieval dress fastener, book mount, a powder charge cap and post-medieval coin weight.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 January 2010.

December 2009-January 2010. Metal-detecting.
Three medieval coins, Romano-British, Early Saxon and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 February 2010.

March-April 2010. Metal-detecting.
Two medieval coins; Romano-British, medieval (S5) and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 May 2010.

June-July 2010. Metal-detecting.
Two Roman, three medieval and one post-medieval coins, medieval jetton, buckle (S6) and spur rowel.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 24 August 2010.

August / September 2011. Metal-detecting.
Three Roman, two medieval and two post-medieval coins, medieval jetton, post-medieval coin weight, medieval and post-medieval metal objects (S7).
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 10 October 2011.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval folding strap clasp.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 November 2015.

September-October 2018. Metal-detecting. [4].
Medieval seal matrix.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 July 2020.

November 2018-January 2019. Metal-detecting. [5].
3 Roman coins and a brooch.
13 medieval coins and 2 seal matrices. One bears a stag's head, and the other + SIGILL' · CECIL' FIL' GODEF' (Seal of Cecily, daughter of Godfrey).
3 post-medieval coins, and a coin hoard of two silver shillings of Edward VI.
Information from PAS import.
The post-medieval coin hoard was submitted as possible Treasure (Ref: 2019 T298).
E. McDonald (HES), 4th February 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2019.

January-February 2019. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 Roman coin.
3 medieval coins.
1 medieval/post-medieval coin.
2 post-medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 April 2019.

February-March 2019. Metal-detecting. [7].
1 medieval coin.
Medieval/post-medieval dress hook.
Post-medieval oviod sword belt mount.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 April 2019.

Please note, this record may contain some finds recovered from the area to the north of this site, recorded under NHER 51073.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 December 2022.

  • --- 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 18.8 No 56.
  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Publication: British Museum. 2011. Treasure Act Annual Report 2009. p xxii.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2008. Drawing of a Middle/Late Saxon Strap-end. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2008. Drawing of a Early to Middle Saxon Sword Pommel Cap.. Film. 2:1.
  • <S3> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2008. Drawing of an Early Saxon radiate brooch knob. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • <S4> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2010. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age Socketed Gouge. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • <S5> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2010. Drawing of a medieval gilt copper alloy buckle. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • <S6> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2010. Drawing of a Medieval buckle frame. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • <S7> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2011. Drawing of a medieval gilt copper alloy one-piece trapezoidal strap-end. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • GOUGE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 149 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 84 AD to 84 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 100 AD to 299 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 269 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 270 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 303 AD to 305 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 315 AD to 318 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 350 AD to 351 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 351 AD to 353 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • SWORD (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1154 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1185 AD to 1230 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1190 AD to 1204 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1194 AD to 1204 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1222 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1210 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1222 AD to 1242 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1244 AD to 1247 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1350 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1306 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1306 AD to 1307 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1500 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1380 AD to 1422 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1413 AD to 1422 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1490 AD to 1500 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1530 AD to 1544 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BROOCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (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)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PIPE TAMPER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POWDER MEASURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (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)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1544 AD to 1551 AD)
  • COIN HOARD (16th Century - 1549 AD to 1560 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1554 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1558 AD to 1603 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1582 AD to 1603 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1589 AD to 1610 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1602 AD to 1602 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1604 AD to 1607 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (17th Century - 1604 AD to 1619 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1614 AD to 1636 AD)

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Record last edited

Dec 2 2022 12:05PM

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