NHER 60415 (Find Spot record) - Middle Bronze Age, Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2014 and 2019 recovered a medieval pottery sherd; medieval and post-medieval coins and a number of metal objects, including a Middle Bronze Age palstave; a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount; a Roman brooch; a medieval ampulla and a post-medieval buckle and spur side.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG32SE
Civil Parish	BARTON TURF, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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June-November 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
Post-medieval spur side.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 April 2014.

January-February 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2015.

November 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval lead ampulla.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 6 March 2017.

July-September 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended 26m to the east. [4].
Roman brooch.
1 medieval pottery sherd. This object was previously recorded under NHER 59831 in error.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

September 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended 74m to the north. [5].
E19227 - PAS details to follow.
A. Beckham (HES), 10 October 2016.

February-March 2019. Metal-detecting. [6].
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field.
A. Beckham (HES), 30 May 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 May 2020.

April-June 2019. Metal-detecting. [7]
Middle Bronze Age palstave (S1).
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF100092 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2019. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age palstave axe. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (9)

PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC? to 1001 BC)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1309 AD to 1310 AD)
AMPULLA (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1530 AD)
POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1582 AD to 1583 AD)
SPUR (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD?)

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Record last edited

May 9 2025 7:56AM