NHER 13694 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG41NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOMERTON, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1978. Stray Find.
Found by [1] on ploughed surface:
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead, brown flint. See sketch (S1).
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2014.
September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
Late Saxon disc brooch, strap end and bridle side-link from horse harness.
2 medieval coins, a horse harness pendant, book clasp and copper alloy seal matrix.
Medieval/post-medieval knife end cap.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
A. Beckham (HES), 3 November 2014 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 February 2021.
September 2023. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 May 2025.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (11)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- COIN (Roman - 134 AD to 138 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
- STRAP END (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1100 AD)
- BRIDLE FITTING (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1175 AD to 1400 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1302 AD to 1303 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1375 AD to 1425 AD)
- KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 12 2025 10:49AM