NHER 59860 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic/Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2014 and 2019 recovered a Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake; a medieval pottery sherd; Roman and medieval coins; post-medieval tokens and a range of other Early Bronze Age to post-medieval metal objects. These metal objects include an Early Bronze Age copper alloy chisel; a Roman brooch; a Late Saxon mount; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories (including a medieval silver brooch); medieval harness mounts, a horse-harness pendant and thimble and a post-medieval harness mount, hooked attachment from spur leather, rowel spur fragment and end cap from scale-tang knife.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL89SW
Civil Parish ICKBURGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

May-June 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 September 2014.

April-May 2015. Metal-detecting. Site extended to whole field. [2].
Roman brooch.
1 medieval coin and harness mounts.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle.
3 post-medieval tokens and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2015.

October -November 2016. Metal-detecting. [3].
Early Bronze Age copper alloy chisel (S1).
Medieval brooches, buckles, a strap fitting and thimble.
Medieval/post-medieval buckles.
Post-medieval buckles, a dress hook, belt mount, harness mount, hooked attachment from spur leather, rowel spur fragment and end cap from scale-tang knife.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 7 February 2017.

June 2019. Metal-detecting. [4]
Recovered from a 6-7m area centred at grid reference [5]:
1 Roman coin.
Late Saxon (11th century) mount.
Medieval horse-harness pendant and silver annular brooch.
Information from PAS import.
The medieval silver brooch was disclaimed as Treasure (Ref: 2019 T1002) and returned to the finder.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 June 2021 and 13 May 2024.

September-October 2019. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 medieval coin (a gold angel of Edward IV).
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 February 2020.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2016. Drawing of an incomplete Early Bronze Age chisel. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • CHISEL (Beaker to Middle Bronze Age - 2300 BC to 1501 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • MOUNT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1350 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1350 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1350 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1275 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1356 AD to 1361 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1480 AD to 1483 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • SPUR (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1558 AD to 1603 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (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)
  • SPUR (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 24 2025 2:49PM

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