NHER 60165 (Find Spot record) - Late Bronze Age and Roman to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2014 and 2022 recovered Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and a number of other metal objects, including a Middle/Late Bronze Age spearhead fragment; Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads, a dagger/rapier blade fragment and copper alloy awl; a Roman brooch and mount; a Late Saxon hooked tag and bridle bit/harness fitting; a medieval buckle, zoomorphic annular brooch, mount and thimble; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and a post-medieval tap fragment.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

July-September 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014.

February-March 2016. Metal-detecting. [2].
KLMD032016 - PAS details to follow.
Site extended 123m to the west [3]. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
A. Beckham (HES), 11 April 2016.

February 2020. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, dagger/rapier blade fragment and copper alloy awl.
Roman continental plate brooch and mount.
Late Saxon bridle bit/harness fitting
3 medieval coins and a thimble.
1 post-medieval coin and a copper alloy tap fragment.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 January 2021 and 1 March 2023.

December 2020. Metal-detecting. [4].
Middle/Late Bronze Age spearhead fragment.
Medieval buckle and mount
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 15 September 2023.

March 2022. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Saxon hooked tag.
1 medieval coin and a zoomorphic annular brooch.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 December 2023 and 17 December 2023.

April 2022. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 December 2023.

October 2022. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment.
2 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 January 2024 and 9 February 2024.

Associated Sources (0)

  • SPEARHEAD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 801 BC)
  • DAGGER (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1200 BC to 800 BC)
  • AWL (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1150 BC to 800 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC to 700 BC)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 25 AD to 250 AD)
  • MOUNT (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 226 AD to 226 AD)
  • BRIDLE BIT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1070 AD to 1072 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1102 AD to 1102 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1280 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1283 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1554 AD)
  • TAP (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1750 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1660 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Feb 25 2024 7:02AM

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