NHER 25724 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking in this area during 1990 recovered a 3rd-century Roman coin and a Roman pottery sherd. Metal-detecting between 2007 and 2018 recovered prehistoric worked flints including a Neolithic/Bronze Age scrapers, flakes, and a flint fabricator; Roman and medieval to post-medieval pottery sherds; Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; post-medieval jettons and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include Roman brooches; a Late Saxon disc brooch, stirrup-strap mount and bridle ?cheek piece; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval horse-harness pendant and mace-head fragment; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and a post-medieval candlestick, crotal bell, lead weight and a pocket sundial or ring dial fragment.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG00NE
Civil Parish BARNHAM BROOM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1990. Fieldwalking. Davey's Piece.
Roman coin, 3rd century Antoninianus.
One rim Roman greyware.
Identified by D. Gurney (NAU) [1].
A. Rogerson (NAU), March 1990.

September-October 2007. Metal-detecting.
4 Roman pottery sherds (greyware).
1 Late Saxon harness ?cheek piece.
2 medieval pottery sherds (unglazed).
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd (LMT).
1 post-medieval coin, 1 pottery sherd (unglazed stoneware), 1 buckle frame, 1 candle holder fragment and 1 lead 1oz weight.
Pottery identified by A. Rogerson (NLA), coin by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 November 2007. Updated by J. Page (HES), 11 March 2014.

October-November 2007. Metal-detecting. Site extended, previous site area recorded [2].
2 ?Neolithic flint flakes.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
1 Late Saxon disc brooch (backwards turning beast type) (S1).
1 medieval coin and 1 buckle.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd (LMT).
2 post-medieval pottery sherds (GRE), 1 crotal bell and 2 buckles.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM), pottery by A. Rogerson (NLA), disc brooch by A. Cattermole (NLA), coin by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 December 2007. Updated by J. Page (HES), 11 March 2014.

December 2007-January 2008. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
1 medieval mace head (S2).
2 post-medieval jettons.
Numismatic items identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 February 2008. Updated by J. Page (HES), 26 February 2014.

March-April 2008. Metal-detecting in one area, along a line and on one findspot.
1 Iron Age coin.
2 Roman coins.
1 medieval horse-harness pendant.
1 medieval/post-medieval vessel foot.
1 post-medieval token, 1 jetton, 2 buckles, 1 roundel dagger guard plate, 1 thimble and 1 crotal bell.
Numismatic items identified by A. Marsden (NLA), horse-harness pendant by S. Ashley (NLA) and other objects by A. Rogerson (NLA). See lists and finder's maps in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 May 2008. Updated by J. Page (HES), 26 February 2014.

October-November 2008. Metal-detecting
Medieval and post- medieval metal objects and one post- medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 December 2008.

August-September 2009. Metal-detecting.
Prehistoric flint flake.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 October 2009.

October-November 2010. Metal-detecting.
Prehistoric worked flints, Romano-British sherds, 2 medieval and 1 post-medieval coin, and post-medieval crotal bell.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 17 December 2010.

Before September-October 2011. Metal-detecting.
Neolithic or Bronze Age flint fabricator, two medieval coins and medieval/post-medieval buckle.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 21 November 2011.

October-November 2011. Metal-detecting.
Romano-British plate brooch and fragment of medieval mace-head, probably part of the same weapon as a fragment found in December 2007/January 2008.
See description in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 2 December 2011.

September-October 2013. Metal-detecting. [3].
Roman brooch.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 December 2013.

September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [4].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
Post-medieval pocket sundial or ring dial fragment.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2014.

April-June 2018. Metal-detecting. [5].
Neolithic/Bronze Age scrapers, and flakes.
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 August 2018.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2007. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch.. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of a medieval copper alloy mace-head.. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FABRICATOR (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 55 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PLATE BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DAGGER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MACE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1189 AD to 1204 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1299 AD to 1301 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CANDLE HOLDER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1583 AD to 1585 AD)
  • SUNDIAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 29 2020 12:45PM

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