NHER 56330 (Find Spot) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2011 and 2012 recovered late prehistoric worked flints including a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint scraper; medieval and post-medieval coins and Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman key; a Late Saxon/medieval strap-end and stirrup fragment; medieval and medieval/post-medieval weights and a post-medieval harness mount.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG12SW
Civil Parish	SALLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full Description

September-October 2011. Metal-detecting.
Late prehistoric flint flake and a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age scraper.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 11 November 2011.

August 2012. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Saxon openwork strap end and stirrup-strap mount.
2 medieval coins.
Medieval and medieval/post-medieval lead weights.
2 post-medieval coins and a harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 November 2012.

April 2013. Metal-detecting. [2].
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy weight and lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 July 2013.

September-October 2017. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [4].
H. Mellor (HES), 8 November 2017. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 February 2018.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)

Object Types (16)

FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
STRAP END (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1100 AD)
STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1600 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1600 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1248 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1461 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1554 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1562 AD to 1562 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Mar 9 2025 12:51AM