NHER 62755 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period metal objects

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Summary

Metal-detecting at this site between 1985 and 1989 recovered Roman and medieval coins and a number of other metal objects, including a Middle Bronze Age dirk or rapier blade fragment, a Roman brooch, an unidentified potentially Roman object and a post-medieval lead cloth seal.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG50SW
Civil Parish	HOPTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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1985. Metal-detecting.
Found at [1]:
1 medieval coin.
Found at [2]:
1 Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier or ditch blade fragment. See drawing (S1).
Found at [3]:
1 post-medieval lead cloth seal. See polaroid (S2).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM) and E. B. Green (NCM). See (S3) for further details.
Previously recorded under NHER 11788 (Contexts 6-8).
P. Watkins (HES), 15 May 2018.

October 1989. Metal-detecting.
Found at [4]:
1 ?Roman copper alloy muppetoid head at end of rectangular section rod. Function unknown.
See photos (S4).
Identified by D. Gurney (NLA), see (S3) for further details.
Previously recorded under NHER 11788 (Context 10).
P. Watkins (HES), 15 May 2018.

November 1989. Metal-detecting.
Also found at [4]:
1 Roman coin and 1 brooch.
Identified by D. Gurney (NLA), see coin sheet in file and (S3) for further details.
Previously recorded under NHER 11788 (Context 10).
P. Watkins (HES), 15 May 2018.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF91057 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1985. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier or dirk blade fragment. Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S3> SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. NHER 11788.
<S4> SNF10272 Photograph: FHT 26-30.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (6)

DIRK (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

May 15 2018 2:56PM