NHER 61785 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2015 and 2016 recovered a Neolithic/Bronze Age flint scraper and a range of metal objects, including an undated copper alloy unidentified object; Late Iron Age/Roman brooches; Roman brooches, tweezers, a harness mount, copper alloy hairpin, copper alloy mount or stud and copper alloy stud; Middle Saxon/Late Saxon hooked tags; a Late Saxon buckle; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval binding strip from box or casket, hooked object, lead possible wall or ceiling ornament and lead cloth seals; a medieval/post-medieval book clasp, candlestick, copper alloy rings and copper alloy vessel fragments; post-medieval harness mounts, book clasp, lead cloth seal and silver cuff link element.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF70NW
Civil Parish BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

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December 2015-December 2016. Metal-detecting. [1].
Undated copper alloy unidentified object.
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint scraper.
Late Iron Age/Roman brooches (including Nauheim derivative and Langton Down types).
Roman brooches, tweezers, a harness mount, copper alloy hairpin, copper alloy mount or stud and copper alloy stud.
Middle Saxon/Late Saxon hooked tags.
Late Saxon tongue-shaped buckle plate (S1).
Medieval buckles, strap ends, strap loops, various other strap fittings, a binding strip from box or casket, hooked object, lead possible wall or ceiling ornament and lead cloth seals.
Medieval/post-medieval buckles, a book clasp, candlestick, copper alloy rings and copper alloy vessel fragments.
1 post-medieval token, buckles, harness mounts, a button, book clasp, lead cloth seal and 18th-century silver cuff link element.
The majority of the finds were recovered from Context 1.
The following finds are not recorded on the PAS database:
34 Roman coins.
4 medieval coins.
1 post-medieval coin and 7 jettons.
See list in file for 12153.
A. Beckham (HES), 21 February 2016, E. McDonald (HES), 6 March 2017 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.

  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2021. Drawing of a Late Saxon buckle plate. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 BC to 70 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 1 AD to 70 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 25 AD to 60 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Roman - 120 AD to 300 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 730 AD to 1100 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1050 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1225 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1270 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
  • HOOK (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1350 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1475 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • CANDLESTICK (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 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)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 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)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 AD)
  • CUFF LINK (17th Century to 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1800 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 16 2025 7:57AM

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