NHER 24242 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age to Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval

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Summary

Investigation of this site during 1970-98 recovered a variety of objects. Finds included a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, Roman coins, Late Saxon pottery sherds, part of a medieval bronze cauldron leg and a post medieval Scottish coin. Further metal-detecting in 2012 and 2014 recovered medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval token and jetton; an undatable gold ingot; a Roman disc brooch and a medieval buckle plate.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG22NW
Civil Parish	FELMINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

About 1970. Context 2.
Worn sestertius of Claudius I, mostly illegible.
Information from member of the public [2].

October 1987. Metal detecting.
Medieval sherds. Late Saxon Thetford type ware rim and body sherds.
Medieval bronze gilt boss with three rivet holes. Medieval bronze cauldron leg. Unusual bronze strap end (probably medieval). Bronze shell-shaped mount, medieval ?
Post medieval finds: two early post medieval buckles. Shoe buckle. Lead cloth seal with a possible shield on one face. 16th century Nuremberg jetton. Eight thistle merk (1/8 pence) of James VI Scotland 1601-3. Lead seal, not cloth seal.
Information from member of the public [1].
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 23 November 1987.

January 1998. Metal detecting.
Bronze Age socketed axe fragment, (S1). Identified by A. E. West (NCM).
One Roman coin.
Twelve medieval coins.
Seven post medieval coins.
See details of axe and coin forms in file.
See (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA), 15 April 1998 and K. Sussams (NCM), 13 May 1998.

May-June 2012. Metal-detecting.
Five medieval and one post-medieval coin, Roman plate brooch, medieval buckle, post-medieval token and jetton.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 10 June 2012.

August 2014. Metal-detecting. [4].
Undatable probable gold ingot.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF78241 Illustration: Kercher, J.. 1998. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead.. Paper. 2:1.
<S2> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)

Object Types (25)

INGOT (Early Bronze Age to 19th Century - 2350 BC to 1900 AD)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
PLATE BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
DRESS COMPONENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1299 AD to 1301 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1301 AD to 1310 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1581 AD to 1581 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jun 27 2017 1:38PM