NHER 62294 (Find Spot record) - Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2017 and 2020 recovered a Roman pottery shard; Roman and medieval to post-medieval coins; post-medieval tokens and a number of other, Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include Roman brooches and a spoon; an Early Saxon brooch; Late Saxon stirrup mounts; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval thimble, rotary key and lead seal matrix; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and a post-medieval harness mount, end cap from scale-tang knife, escutcheon plate from piece of furniture, clapper bell and Jew's harp.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81SE
Civil Parish GREAT DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

April 2015-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Saxon stirrup strap mount.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 February 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.

August-November 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
2 Roman coins and Colchester brooches.
Early Saxon brooch fragment.
Late Saxon stirrup mount.
4 medieval coins, a buckle, thimble and lead seal matrix.
1 medieval/post-medieval coin.
Post-medieval harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 February 2018. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2021.

March-April 2019. Metal-detecting. [3].
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount with openwork decoration (S1).
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 March 2020.

January-February 2020. Metal-detecting. [4].
3 Roman coins, 1 pottery sherd and a spoon.
4 medieval coins and a rotary key.
Medieval/post-medieval cast copper-alloy vessel fragment.
2 post-medieval tokens, a buckle, end cap from scale-tang knife, escutcheon plate from piece of furniture, Jew's harp and clapper bell.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 February 2021.

  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2020. Drawing of a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • SPOON (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 260 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 55 AD to 100 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 192 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 222 AD to 235 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 296 AD to 305 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 530 AD)
  • STIRRUP STRAP MOUNT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 950 AD to 1100 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1175 AD to 1300 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1185 AD to 1189 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1210 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1500 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1300 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1310 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1532 AD to 1542 AD)
  • JEWS HARP (16th Century to 18th Century - 1540 AD to 1800 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (17th Century - 1601 AD to 1700 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 26 2023 10:43PM

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