NHER 56891 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Before 3 February 2012. Metal-detecting.
Finds recorded on the PAS database [1]:
1 Late Iron Age coin.
21 Roman coins.
1 Late Saxon coin.
Information from PAS import.
Other finds recovered by HES:
?Roman copper alloy unidentified object.
Medieval bar mounts and pendant loop.
Post-medieval book clasp.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 12 September 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 October 2023.
October 2012. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field G3. [2].
Fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead (S1).
Middle/Late Saxon pins.
Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorl.
Medieval buckle and furniture fitting.
Medieval/post-medieval buttons and harness mount.
Post-medieval gilt copper alloy harness mount and handle or finger-thumb grip of a watch key.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 January 2013 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 August 2013.
October 2015. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field G3 [3].
Roman centre-looped cosmetic mortar.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.
March 2017. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field G3. [4].
Roman folding knife or razor with a copper alloy openwork handle depicting in relief on both faces a greyhound running and biting the rump of a hare (S2).
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 April 2020.
INDSET102025HGAR - PAS details awaited. [5].
Field G3.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 October 2025.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF89371 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2013. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age axehead fragment.. Film. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF97931 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2017. Drawing of a Roman folding knife or razor. Film. 2:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)
- FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to 19th Century - 851 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (33)
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- COIN (Late Iron Age - 10 AD to 42 AD)
- COSMETIC MORTAR (Roman - 43 AD to 300 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FOLDING KNIFE (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 378 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 274 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 316 AD to 317 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 320 AD to 324 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 322 AD to 323 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 323 AD to 324 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 327 AD to 328 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 331 AD to 332 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 331 AD to 333 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 341 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
- PIN (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 700 AD to 900 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
- COIN (Late Saxon - 1009 AD to 1017 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
- BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- WATCH (17th Century to 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1750 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 11 2025 10:48AM