NHER 61348 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2016 and 2023 recovered undated copper alloy casting waste; Roman coins and a number of other metal objects, including a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment; a Roman finger ring; an Early Saxon wrist clasp; a Middle Saxon brooch and a medieval harness pendant.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

May-June 2016. Metal-detecting. [1].
2 Roman coins.
Early Saxon unusual wrist clasp (S1).
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 July 2016.

September-October 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
Undated copper alloy casting waste.
Middle Saxon ansate brooch.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
A. Beckham (HES), 13 November 2017. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 November 2017 and P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2021.

October 2017. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4th February 2019.

September-October 2018. Metal-detecting. [5].
15 Roman coins.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 5 November 2018.

May 2023. Metal-detecting. [6].
Medieval enameled harness pendant.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 March 2024.

  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2016. Drawing of an Early Saxon wrist clasp. Film. 2:1.
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 900 BC to 600 BC)
  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 200 AD to 300 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 388 AD to 395 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 388 AD to 395 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 388 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 388 AD to 402 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 475 AD to 520 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 600 AD to 800 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1350 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 13 2024 2:53AM

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