NHER 56956 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2012 and 2024 recovered a late prehistoric retouched flint flake; Middle Saxon to medieval pottery sherds; undatable copper alloy casting waste; a medieval and post-medieval coins; a medieval Boy Bishop token and a number of other, medieval to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include medieval buckles and a strap fitting; a post-medieval conical lead weight and .

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81SW
Civil Parish SPORLE WITH PALGRAVE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

October-November 2012. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late prehistoric flint retouched flake.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
1 medieval coin, 1 lead Boy Bishop token, 7 pottery sherds, a lead pot mend, a probable buckle plate, a buckle and a strap loop.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy cooking vessel fragment.
Post-medieval or recent conical lead weight and a crotal bell.
Undatable copper alloy casting waste.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 December 2012.

April 2020-May 2022. Metal-detecting. [2].
KLMD052022 - PAS details to follow.
Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
A. Beckham (HES), 31 May 2022.

March 2024. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 October 2024.

Associated Sources (0)

  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • MOUNT (Unknown date)
  • POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1306 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1351 AD to 1530 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (19th Century - 1816 AD to 1816 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Aug 3 2025 2:58AM

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