NHER 42601 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

In 2005 metal detectorists found Bronze Age, Roman, Saxon, medieval and post medieval finds. They include a fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, Roman coins, a Roman hair pin, a Roman brooch, part of an Early Saxon brooch, a medieval ampulla and a 17th century horse harness mount.

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Location

Map sheet	TF81NE
Civil Parish	BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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August-September 2005. metal-detecting.
1 Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment (S1).
9 Roman coins, 1 hair pin, 1 vessel fragment, 1 unidentified object fragment and 1 brooch (dolphin-type).
1 ?Roman furniture fitting.
1 Early Saxon cruciform brooch fragment.
1 medieval coin, 1 horse harness stud and 1 lead ampulla.
1 medievla/post-medieval vessel rim fragmant.
2 post-medieval coins, 1 horse harness mount, 1 lead cloth seal, 1 finger ring and 1 lead weight.
1 undated metalworking scrap fragment.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See list and (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 September 2005.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 1 May 2014.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF75437 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of a fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead.. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (18)

SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
FINGER RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Beeston with Bittering (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Aug 14 2017 4:02PM