NHER 32043 (Find Spot record) - Polished axehead and multi-period coins and metal objects

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 1996 and 2021 recovered a Neolithic polished axehead and a Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake; Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval to post-medieval tokens; post-medieval jettons and Iron Age to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Iron Age linch pin terminal fragment; Roman brooches, finger rings and a steelyard weight; Early Saxon brooches and a buckle; Middle/Late Saxon hooked tags; a Late Saxon finger ring and part of a box; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval casket keys, harness pendants, a brooch, rivet, harness mount, barrel padlock case, book clasp, probable copper alloy vessel repair and an ampulla fragment; medieval/post-medieval lead weights, copper alloy rings, a scale from the handle of a scale-tang knife and copper alloy vessel fragments and post-medieval harness mounts, a cloth seal, powder flask nozzle, copper alloy unidentified object and a seal.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF70SE
Civil Parish OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

July 1996. Metal detector finds. [1].
Roman coin and finger ring.
Early Saxon brooch,
Late Saxon box mount.
Post medieval token and seal.
See lists in secondary file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 September 1996.

August 1998. Metal detector finds. [2].
Roman and medieval coins, post medieval token.
Roman brooches.
Early Saxon small-long brooch.
Medieval metal finds.
See (S1) and lists in secondary file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 October 1998.

October 2000. Metal detecting. [3].
Three Roman brooches.
Late Saxon finger ring.
See description in secondary file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 November 2000.

Polished flint axehead found by farmworker in 1980s, see description in file. [4].
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 October 2002.

April-May 2014. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
Iron Age linch pin terminal fragment.
15 Roman coins, brooches, a steelyard weight and a copper alloy finger ring.
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tags.
14 medieval coin, buckles, belt mounts, bar mounts, casket keys, strap ends, folding strap clasps, harness pendants, a lace chape, strap plate, strap loop, mount and a lead ampulla fragment.
1 medieval/post-medieval token, a copper alloy vessel leg and lead weights.
3 post-medieval coins, 1 token, 1 jetton, buttons, harness mounts, a dress hook and copper alloy unidentified object.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 June 2014.

May-June 2014. Metal-detecting. [6].
2 Roman coins.
Early Saxon buckle.
10 medieval coins, buckles, a strap end, strap mount, bar mount, harness mount, barrel padlock case, book clasp, rivet, strap loop and a pendent-loop from a bar mount.
Medieval/post-medieval buckles, scale from the handle of a scale-tang knife, a copper alloy vessel repair, copper alloy vessel handle and copper alloy rings.
3 post-medieval coins, 1 token, a dress hook, lead cloth seal and lead powder flask nozzle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2014 and P. Watkins (HES), 3 August 2025 and 9 February 2026.

January 2021. Metal-detecting. [7].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 September 2023.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2000. Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999. p 67; No 149.
  • <S1> Map: Finder's Map.
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LINCH PIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 100 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 80 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 88 AD to 89 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 101 AD to 300 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 270 AD)
  • RING (Roman - 150 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 200 AD to 270 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 201 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 222 AD to 228 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 269 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 286 AD to 287 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 327 AD to 328 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Early Saxon - 450 AD to 600 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 720 AD to 1100 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 720 AD to 1100 AD)
  • BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • COIN (Late Saxon - 895 AD to 910 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1185 AD to 1189 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)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • LACE TAG (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • PADLOCK (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • RIVET (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1203 AD to 1207 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1207 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1210 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1210 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1251 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1500 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1280 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 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)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1335 AD to 1343 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)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1361 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1399 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1413 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1413 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 17th Century - 1400 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1539 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)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1625 AD)
  • SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1547 AD to 1551 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1561 AD to 1582 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1613 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1582 AD to 1583 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)
  • POWDER FLASK (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1634 AD to 1635 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1643 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1660 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1670 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)

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Feb 23 2026 1:07AM

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