NHER 56984 (Find Spot record) - Undated, Roman and medieval to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2012 and 2018 by Elden Tours recovered a Late Iron Age gold quarter stater and undatable, Roman, Middle Saxon, and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an undatable copper alloy ring; a Roman brooch and steelyard weight; a Middle Saxon gilded sword fitting; a medieval harness fitting and crucifix fragment; medieval to post-medieval buckles; a medieval/post-medieval coin weight and a post-medieval clapper bell, figurine, seal matrix, silver spoon handle, cloth seal and rotary key.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG00SE
Civil Parish WICKLEWOOD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

October 2012. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field JH3. [1].
Undatable copper alloy ring.
Medieval harness fitting.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle frame and coin weight.
Post-medieval clapper bell, seal matrix, cloth seal, rotary key and buckle frame.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2013.

March 2015. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field JH3. [2].
Roman brooch and steelyard weight.
Medieval buckles and a crucifix fragment.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2015.

March 2017. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field JH3. [3].
1 Late Iron Age gold quarter stater of the Iecni.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017.

September-October 2017. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field JH3. [4].
Middle Saxon incompelte cast gilded silver sword fitting, likely a sword pommel. The object comprises a tongue-shaped body with several tiers of attached openwork ornament and animal heads. The body is deocrated with similar motifs in the Mercian style. The object was submitted as Treasure (Ref: 2017T954), and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 20 February 2018. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2018.

September-October 2018. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field JH3. [4].
Middle Saxon gilded silver sword pommel fragments with zoomorphic motifs. Addendum to the fragments recovered in September-October 2017.
Post-medieval lion figurine and a silver spoon fragment.
Information from PAS import.
The Middle Saxon gilded silver sword pommel (Ref: 2018 T750) was donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM: 2019.141).
The post-medieval silver spoon fragment was disclaimed as Treasure (Ref: 2018 T747) and returned to the finder.
A. Beckham (HES), 25 April 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 May 2020.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 10 BC to 42 AD)
  • RING (Unknown date)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SWORD (Middle Saxon - 750 AD to 800 AD)
  • SWORD (Middle Saxon - 750 AD to 800 AD)
  • CRUCIFIX (Medieval - 1125 AD to 1200 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1630 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BELL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
  • SPOON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1720 AD)
  • FIGURINE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1650 AD to 1850 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 20 2021 12:54PM

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