NHER 19933 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in 1983 recovered a prehistoric worked flint flake. Metal-detecting between 2012 and 2022 recovered Late Saxon pottery; Late Iron Age (Roman issue), Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval jettons and tokens and a range of Bronze Age to post-medieval metal artefacts. These metal finds include a Middle/Late Bronze Age copper alloy knife; a Late Iron Age/early Roman brooch; Roman brooches, a casket key, finger ring, seal box, furniture fitting and pair of tweezers; an Early Saxon Great square-headed brooch fragment, girdle hanger and sleeve clasp; Middle/Late Saxon hooked tags and a brooch; Late Saxon finger rings; a Late Saxon/medieval mount; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval harness fittings (including mounts and pendant), a mount, coin weight, attachment for spur leather, strap end from spur leather, possible ewer foot and leg, copper alloy needle, copper alloy seal matrix and lead ampulla; medieval/post-medieval book fittings, copper alloy rings, a unidentifed copper alloy object, knife end stop, thimble and copper alloy vessel leg and post-medieval harness mounts, box or casket hinge plates, a thimble, tap key, unidentifed tinned copper alloy object and lead cloth seal.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL98NE
Civil Parish ROUDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

October 1983. Fieldwalking. [1] and [2].
Worked flint flake.
W. Milligan (NCM), 8 December 1983.

September-December 2012. Metal-detecting. [3].
Roman seal box.
Early Saxon Great square-headed brooch foot plate (S1).
Medieval buckles and harness pendant.
Medieval/post-medieval button.
Post-medieval buckle and lead cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2013.

January-February 2013. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [4].
5 Roman coins and a furniture fitting.
4 medieval coins, buckles, a strap end and strap plate.
Medieval/post-medieval book fittings, buttons, a copper alloy ring and a copper alloy vessel leg.
1 post-medieval token and a harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2013.

February-March 2013. Metal-detecting. [5].
4 Roman coins and a brooch.
Late Saxon pottery sherd.
4 medieval coins, buckles, strap ends, a hasp, mount and lead ampulla.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 token.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 May 2013.

July-September 2014. Metal-detecting. [7].
Late Iron Age/early Roman brooch.
2 Roman coins.
Medieval strap end, mount, belt mount, copper alloy seal matrix and a foot and leg possibly from a ewer.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring and a hooked tag.
1 post-medieval coin and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 November 2014.

August-September 2014. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field L1 [8].
1 medieval 'Boy Bishop' token, a harness mount and unidentified copper alloy object.
Post-medieval harness mount and a hinge plate.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 8 January 2015.

July-September 2015. Metal-detecting. [9].
Roman tweezers.
1 medieval coin and a casket key.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 November 2015.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [10].
Roman finger ring.
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag.
Late Saxon finger ring.
2 medieval coins, buckles, brooches, bar mounts, a belt mount, strap end, harness mount and strap loop.
Medieval/post-medieval unidentified copper alloy object, possibly a bead or fitting.
1 post-medieval coin, buckles and an unidentified tinned copper alloy object.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2015.

February-March 2016. Metal-detecting. [11].
Late Saxon finger ring.
1 medieval jetton, a buckle and mount.
Medieval/post-medieval dress hook.
1 post-medieval token, a buckle and harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 May 2016 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 December 2020.

March-April 2016. Metal-detecting. [6].
3 medieval coins, a buckle and brooch.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 May 2016.

March 2016. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field L1. [12].
Roman brooch.
Medieval buckles, harness fitting, bar mount and coin weight.
Medieval/post-medieval button and hooked tag.
Post-medieval buckle, thimble and box or casket hinge plate.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 May 2016.

June-September 2016. Metal-detecting. [13].
1 Roman coin.
4 medieval coins, a strap loop, buckle, strap end, strap end from spur leather and harness/furniture mount or binding strip.
6 post-medieval coins, 1 jetton, buckles and a belt mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

November 2016-February 2017. Metal-detecting. [14].
1 Late Iron Age coin (Roman issue of Lucius Rubrius Dossenus).
1 Late Saxon coin (silver cut farthing of Eadgar, Edward or Aethelred II).
1 medieval coin and a strap end fragment.
3 post-medieval coins and 1 token.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 April 2017.

September-October 2018. Metal-detecting. [15].
5 Roman coins.
Late Saxon finger ring.
1 medieval coin, buckles, strap ends, a harness mount and rotary key.
Medieval/post-medieval dress hook.
Post-medieval harness mounts, a cloth seal and mount.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2025.

November 2018-March 2019. Metal-detecting. [16].
5 Roman coins.
Early Saxon girdle hanger and sleeve clasp fragment.
Middle/Late Saxon brooch.
2 medieval coins, strap ends and a buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval end stop from a scale-tang knife and thimble.
2 post-medieval coins, 1 jetton and a tap key fragment.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 May 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 March 2021..

February-April 2019. Metal-detecting. [17].
Middle/Late Bronze Age copper alloy knife (S2).
6 Roman coins and brooches (including a horse and rider example).
2 medieval coins, buckles, a strap end and strap fitting.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024.

April-May 2022. Metal-detecting. [18].
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag.
1 medieval coin, buckles, a bar mount, attachment for spur leather and copper alloy needle.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 December 2023 and 1 September 2024.

July-September 2022. Metal-detecting. [19].
3 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 December 2023.

March 2024. Metal-detecting. [20].
Late Saxon/medieval quatrefoil or cruciform mount (S3).
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2025.

AHS112025 - PAS details awaited. [21].
Finder's 'Field 3'.
P. Watkins (HES), 22 November 2025.

AHS022026 - PAS details awaited. [22].
Finder's 'Roadside Field 3'
P. Watkins (HES), 23 February 2026.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2013. Drawing of an Early Saxon Square headed brooch foot plate.. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2019. Drawing of a Middle/Late Bronze Age copper alloy knife. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • <S3> Illustration: Gibbon, J. 2024. Drawing of a Late Saxon/medieval quatrefoil or cruciform mount. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • KNIFE (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1300 BC to 801 BC)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 87 BC to 87 BC)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 AD to 70 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 50 AD to 150 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 81 AD to 96 AD)
  • SEAL BOX (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 175 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 200 AD to 300 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 268 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 296 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 296 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 296 AD to 303 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 296 AD to 305 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 320 AD to 321 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 321 AD to 321 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 337 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 337 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 348 AD to 350 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 353 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • GIRDLE HANGER (Early Saxon - 475 AD to 550 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 520 AD to 550 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 525 AD to 570 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 700 AD to 1050 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 700 AD to 1200 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1050 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1050 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1050 AD)
  • COIN (Late Saxon - 972 AD to 1017 AD)
  • MOUNT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1400 AD?)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1450 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD?)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • NEEDLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1216 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1210 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1230 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1279 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1350 AD?)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SPUR (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1350 AD?)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1279 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1279 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1280 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1350 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1310 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HASP (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SPUR (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD?)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1306 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1327 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1317 AD to 1320 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1320 AD to 1333 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Medieval - 1341 AD to 1342 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • AMPULLA (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1530 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • EWER (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1550 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1413 AD to 1422 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1425 AD to 1475 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1461 AD to 1483 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1467 AD to 1468 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1471 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1650 AD)
  • HINGE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1544 AD to 1551 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD?)
  • HINGE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1562 AD to 1562 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1572 AD to 1572 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD?)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1580 AD to 1580 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD?)
  • TAP (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1750 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1604 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1605 AD to 1606 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1606 AD to 1607 AD)
  • JETTON (17th Century - 1612 AD to 1651 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1614 AD to 1625 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD?)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1621 AD to 1623 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1622 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1630 AD to 1631 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1644 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1644 AD)
  • THIMBLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1750 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1725 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1660 AD to 1660 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1668 AD to 1668 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1668 AD to 1668 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1670 AD to 1670 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)
  • COIN (18th Century - 1715 AD to 1715 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (19th Century to Early 20th Century - 1830 AD to 1930 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 7 2026 9:41PM

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