NHER 56872 (Find Spot record) - Roman to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2011 and 2015 by Elden Tours recovered post-medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval jettons and Roman, Early Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal objects include a Roman brooch and a steelyard weight; an Early Saxon brooch and wrist clasp eye plate; a Middle-Late Saxon hooked tag; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval horse harness pendants, a dagger scabbard chape, lead pot mend and harness fitting or belt fitting; a medieval/post-medieval fragment of purse frame, copper alloy vessel fragment, copper alloy ring and a belt or harness mount and a post-medieval sword belt fitting, sexfoil drawer handle, harness mount, tool or implement handle cover, lead trade weight and a lead cloth seal.

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Location

Map sheet	TM19NE
Civil Parish	FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September 2011. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field H5.
Two post-medieval coins, two medieval and one post-medieval jettons, Roman, Early Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists and (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 2 March 2012.

October 2012. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field H5. [1].
Roman brooch.
Early Saxon brooch.
Middle-Late Saxon hooked tag.
Medieval lead pot mend and a double-looped buckle frame.
Medieval-post-medieval copper alloy cooking vessel fragment.
Post-medieval discoidal lead 2-ounce trade weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 January 2013 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 August 2013.

October 2015. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Filed JT2. [3].
Roman steelyard weight.
Early Saxon wrist clasp eye plate.
Medieval harness pendant.
Medieval/post-medieval belt or harness mount.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 January 2016.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF83657 Unpublished Document: S. Elden. 2011. Elden Tours Finder's Map.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (34)

BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 75 AD to 200 AD)
SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 500 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 550 AD)
HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 700 AD to 1100 AD)
HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PURSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT MEND (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1450 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1385 AD? to 1415 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD? to 1497 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
BUCKLE (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)
CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HANDLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1592 AD to 1592 AD)
JETTON (17th Century - 1612 AD to 1651 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1643 AD)
WEIGHT (18th Century - 1702 AD to 1714 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 13 2020 4:24PM