NHER 31774 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period metal finds

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1996 and 1997 recovered a Late Bronze Age copper alloy axehead, a possible Iron Age toggle, Roman coins and a medieval horse harness pendant and seal matrix.

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Location

Map sheet	TG02SE
Civil Parish	SPARHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1996. Metal detecting by [1].
Horse harness pendant with broken loop (S1).
Blazoned by S. Ashley (NAU) in file.
Quaterly 1 and ?4 a lion rampant or/argent.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 February 1996.

Found at same time as harness pendant by [2].
Very worn bronze acorn terminal with stub of round-sectioned rod or shank. Medieval but from what type of object is unknown.
Dumb-bell shaped bronze object, rounded section, smoothly waisted. Length 22mm, diameter maximum 10mm, minimum 6mm. Possibly an Iron Age toggle. Suggested by [1] as weight from Roman scourge.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 February 1996.

January 1997. Metal detecting.
Late Bronze Age axe.
Roman coins.
Medieval ? Seal matrix.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 22 February 1997.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF53864 Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF90174 Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1996. Drawing of a medieval horse harness pendant.. Film. 2:1.
<S2> SNF77005 Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1997. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead.. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (8)

SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
TOGGLE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)