NHER 18526 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age to post medieval objects

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Summary

Metal detecting in this area, which is close to the site of a Roman villa (NHER 11008), has recovered a large number of Roman metal objects, including personal adornments, coins, and fittings. Pottery sherds dating to the Iron Age to post medieval periods have also been recovered.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM18SE
Civil Parish TIVETSHALL ST MARY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1982. Across Roman road from villa site - Context 2 at grid reference. Found with metal detector. [1]
Bronze bracelet fragment.
Bronze tweezers (incomplete).
Bronze belt-stiffener or harness mount.
Bronze stud with square ridged plate.
Bronze razor fragment.
Bronze disc with central boss, mount from furniture? 3rd century.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU) and S. Margeson (NCM).
Compiled by W. Milligan (NAU), 6 September 1982.

August 1986. Found with metal detector. [2]
Roman bronze pin with head broken off.
Coin of Gratian, GLORIA ROMANORVM, AD 367-378.
Lead steelyard weight Roman? [3[
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 29 August 1986.

1986. [2]
Further finds. See plot in secondary file.
Bronze pin with point broken off (same as above).
Another steelyard weight.
Ten Roman coins - see list in secondary file.
2nd-4th century Roman pottery.

March 1992. Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Tivetshall Sewerage Scheme.
Found during fieldwalking of pipeline route:
Roman, Iron Age and Early Saxon sherds found on west side of field.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.569).
E. Rose (NLA), 4 September 1992. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 March 2015 and 17 May 2019.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, P. 1992. Watching Brief Report of the Tivetshall Sewarage Scheme, 1992. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 10.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1993. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1992. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt IV pp 522-532. p 531.
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Undated)
  • BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • DISC (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HARNESS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • RAZOR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 26 2025 2:04AM

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