NHER 24795 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

An Iron Age/Roman linch pin, a Roman coin, a medieval or post medieval copper alloy vessel rim and a post medieval Portuguese coin weight were found here by metal detecting.

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Location

Map sheet	TG20SW
Civil Parish	CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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August 1988.
Coin of Gratian, GLORIA NOVI SECVLI AD 367 to 374.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
W. Milligan (NCM), 12 August 1988.

November-December 2003. Metal-detecting extended to whole field.
1 Iron Age/Roman linch pin fragment.
Identified by N. Hutcheson. See note in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 January 2004.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 26 February 2014.

2003 to 2004. Metal detecting. Site extended .
Medieval/post medieval rim of cast copper alloy vessel with horizontal cordon just below top on exterior, diameter 110mm.
Round biface coin weight for Portuguese quarter guinea, 5s 3d, around 1760 to 1773.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 April 2004.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (4)

LINCH PIN (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 27 2026 12:04PM