NHER 11461 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting and fieldwalking between 1975 and 2022 recovered prehistoric worked flints, including a Neolithic flaked axehead; Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; medieval roof tile fragments; undated animal bone fragments and burnt flints; Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval tokens and jettons and Iron Age to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Iron Age brooch; a Roman armlet, brooch, nail cleaner and unidentified copper alloy object (possibly a knife handle or ferrule); a potentially Roman copper alloy bead; Early Saxon brooches and a probably male figurine; a Middle Saxon strap fitting and pair of tweezers; a Late Saxon strap-end; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval pin, dagger scabbard chape, mirror case and copper alloy and lead seal matrices; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments and a weight and a post-medieval crotal bell.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF70NW
Civil Parish	MARHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

Pre 1975 and 1987. [1].
Finds in ditch digging and from fieldwalking.
Neolithic axe.
Flints, potboilers.
Iron Age?, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds and building material.
For full details of flints, wares etc see (S1).

1987.
Medieval metalwork and coins, Late Saxon strap end (S3) and coin, Early Saxon and Middle Saxon metalwork (S4, S5 and S6).

1998.
Early Saxon unidentified copper alloy object (S7).
A. Rogerson (HES), 4 May 1988.

January 1988, Metal detecting.
A medieval coin, a French medieval jetton and a post-medieval coin.
S Margeson (HES), 25 Feb 1988.

April 1988, Stray finds.
Roman flagon handle.
5 pieces of Roman pottery.
A Rogerson (HES), 4 July 1988.

1989 Found with metal detecting.
Roman coin and armlet.

1992.
Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval sherds; medieval metalwork.

1993. [3].
Roman, Late Saxon, medieval sherds. Medieval roof tile.

1998. Metal detecting.
Medieval coin, medieval buckle and brooch, three Roman coins.
See (S2), (S3) and further details in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 29 December 1998.

December 1998. Metal detecting finds.
Roman nail cleaner and re-used Roman ?bracelet.
See list in file with grid references.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 January 1999.

September-October 1999. Metal detecting. [4].
One medieval coin.
Iron Age/Roman brooch.
Post medieval jetton.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 1 November 1999.

October-November 1999. Metal detecting. [5].
Roman coin.
Medieval coin.
Iron Age brooch.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 November 1999.

July-August 2000. Metal detecting. [6].
Two medieval coins.
Medieval belt mount.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 25 September 2000.

June/July 2004. Metal detecting.
Medieval and post medieval coins.
Post medieval crotal bell and buckles.
See list and description in file.
E. Darch (NLA), 11 August 2004.

December 2004 to January 2005. Metal detecting.
Early Saxon small-long brooch at [2].
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 February 2005.

September/October 2005. Metal detecting.
Two Roman and one medieval coins.
Medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 November 2005.

August/September 2006. Metal detecting.
Fragment of Early Saxon cruciform brooch and post medieval button.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 October 2006.

October- November 2008. Metal Detecting.
4 Roman and 2 medieval coins,
see lists in file
A. Rogerson (NLA) 5 December 2008

September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [7].
Early Saxon probable male figurine (S8).
1 medieval coin and 1 jetton.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 November 2014.

December 2014-January 2015. Metal-detecting. [8].
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 10 February 2015.

February-March 2015. Metal-detecting. [9].
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 April 2015.

March-April 2015. Metal-detecting. [10].
1 Late Iron Age/Roman pottery sherd.
1 Roman coin and a brooch.
1 medieval coin and a dagger scabbard chape.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 jetton.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 May 2015.

April-May 2015. Metal-detecting. [11].
1 Roman coin.
1 Late Saxon coin.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2015.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [12].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 November 2015.

April-June 2018. Metal-detecting. [13].
Early Saxon side knob from a Cruciform brooch.
1 medieval coin, a strap end and a copper alloy seal matrix.
Information from PAS import.
Previously recorded under NHER 58498.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 September 2023 and 9 September 2023.

September-October 2019. Metal-detecting. [14].
1 medieval coin, buckles, and a mirror case.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel foot.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 December 2019.

March 2020-October 2022. Metal-detecting. [15].
Roman unidentified copper alloy tubular object, possibly a knife handle or ferrule.
?Roman copper alloy bead.
1 medieval pottery sherd and a composite strap end.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 November 2023 and 18 December 2023.

Associated Sources (22)

--- SNF15752 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM 10. FENS.
--- SNF15780 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM 5. FENS.
--- SNF15781 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM 6. FENS.
--- SNF15782 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM 7. FENS.
--- SNF15784 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM 9. FENS.
--- SNF15793 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM AI. FENS.
--- SNF15794 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MRM AJ. FENS.
--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF83120 Photograph: 1998. KSE 11, Medieval buckle..
--- SNF9632 Photograph: EGB 32-4, EUL 13-16, EWE 5-8, EWG 21-30.
--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
<S2> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
<S3> SNF79172 Illustration: White, S. 1987. Drawing of a Late Saxon strap-end.. Film. 2:1.
<S4> SNF79170 Illustration: Bradley, S.. 1987. Drawing of a Middle/Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end.. Film. 2:1.
<S5> SNF79171 Illustration: Bradley, S.. 1987. Drawing of a Middle/Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end.. Film. 2:1.
<S6> SNF79173 Illustration: Bradley, S.. 1987. Drawing of part of a pair of copper alloy Middle Saxon tweezers.. Film. 2:1.
<S7> SNF79174 Illustration: Penn, K.. 1988. Drawing of an Early Saxon copper alloy unknown object.. Film. 2:1.
<S8> SNF93197 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy figurine. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (11)

Object Types (72)

POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Undated)
POT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 1 AD to 100 AD)
BEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
NAIL CLEANER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 250 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 55 AD to 80 AD)
COIN (Roman - 103 AD to 111 AD)
COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 274 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 530 AD)
FIGURINE (Early Saxon - 600 AD to 650 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
TWEEZERS (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
COIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
COIN (Late Saxon - 1044 AD to 1046 AD)
ANNULAR BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1450 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1210 AD to 1216 AD)
MIRROR CASE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1350 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
SCABBARD (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1317 AD to 1320 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1450 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1558 AD to 1603 AD)
JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1650 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1644 AD)

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