NHER 33682 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking here in 1998/1999 recovered a prehistoric worked flint and sherds of Roman, Early Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery. Metal-detecting between 2013 and 2023 recovered medieval pottery sherds; a medieval roof tile; undatable copper alloy and lead casting waste; Late Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval to post-medieval jettons and tokens and a range of other, Late Iron Age/Early Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal objects include Late Iron Age/Roman brooches; Roman brooches, a bracelet fragment and sword-scabbard chape; a Middle Saxon brooch; a Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval harness mount, thimble, purse frame fragment, copper alloy ewer fragment, unidentified copper alloy object and lead spindle whorl; a medieval/post-medieval knife end cap, rumbler bell, mount, copper alloy rings, copper alloy vessel fragments, copper alloy staple and lead weights and post-medieval harness mounts, crotal bells, book clasps, a possible sword-belt fitting, possible mount, furniture fitting, copper alloy weight and lead weight.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71NE
Civil Parish WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Site overlaps NHER 3781.

March 1998. Finder's field 84. Fieldwalking finds. [1].
Worked flint.
Roman, medieval, post medieval sherds.
Early Saxon sherds from area of NHER 3781.
See full details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) July 1998.

Early 1999. Fieldwalking finds. [2].
More Early Saxon sherds.
See details in file.
E. Rose (NLA), May 1999.

March-April 2013. Metal-detecting. [3].
Late Iron Age/Roman Colchester-type one-piece brooch.
Medieval-post-medieval copper alloy staple.
Post-medieval buckle and harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 28 November 2013.

March-May 2013. Metal-detecting. [4].
Undatable lead casting jet.
1 Late Iron Age coin.
Late Iron Age/Early Roman Langton Down brooch.
1 Roman coin and Dolphin brooch.
Middle Saxon Ansate brooch.
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag.
7 medieval coins, 1 jetton, 1 pottery sherd, 1 roof tile, buckles, strap ends, a bar mount, folding strap clasp and unidentified copper alloy object.
1 medieval/post-medieval jetton, a knife end cap, sheet mount, copper alloy ring, and lead weights.
4 post-medieval coins, 1 jetton, 1 token, buttons, crotal bells, harness mounts, a buckle, hooked tag, possible sword-belt fitting, and copper alloy weight.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2013.

March-June 2013. Metal-detecting. [5].
Roman brooch pin.
2 medieval coins, buckles and a harness mount.
1 post-medieval coin, buckles, a crotal bell and sheet furniture fitting.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 October 2013.

February-May 2014. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 Roman coin and a bracelet fragment.
3 medieval coins and a buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
1 post-medieval token, buckles and a hooked book clasp.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2014 and P. Watkins (HES), 23 February 2025.

May-September 2014. Metal-detecting. [7].
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2014.

September 2014-March 2015. Metal-detecting. [8].
1 Roman coin and a trumpet brooch.
3 medieval coins, 1 pottery sherds, buckles, a strap end and thimble.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring and copper alloy vessel fragment.
Post-medieval buckle and crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 August 2015.

March-September 2015. Metal-detecting. [9].
Roman openwork sword-scabbard chape (S1).
2 medieval coins, strap ends, buckles, bar mounts, a strap mount, strap loop, folding strap clasp, purse frame fragment and a copper alloy ewer foot and leg.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel leg and copper alloy ring.
2 post-medieval coins, 2 jettons, a buckle, crotal bell, ?mount and lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2015.

September 2015-March 2016. Metal-detecting. [10].
3 Roman coins.
2 medieval coins, 2 jettons, 1 pottery sherd, a buckle, button, strap end, strap loop and lead spindle whorl.
1 medieval/post-medieval jetton and a copper alloy ring.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 jetton and a button.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 September 2016.

February-July 2017. Metal-detecting. [11].
1 Roman coin.
Medieval strap end.
Medieval/post-medieval rumbler bell.
2 post-medieval coins, a buckle, button and book clasp.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 October 2017.

March-May 2023. Metal-detecting. [12]
Undatable copper alloy casting jet.
1 Roman coin.
2 medieval coins and a buckle.
1 post-medieval token and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previous extent mapped as Context 1.
H. Hamilton (HES), 6 June 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 9 March 2024 to 13 May 2024.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2016. Drawing of Roman sword scabbard chape. Film. 2:1.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 60 BC to 50 BC)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 BC to 60 AD)
  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 AD to 75 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 300 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 75 AD to 175 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Roman - 120 AD to 300 AD)
  • BRACELET (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 287 AD to 294 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 300 AD to 303 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 313 AD to 314 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 700 AD to 850 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 700 AD to 1100 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1250 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 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)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STAPLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1210 AD to 1213 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval - 1230 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1350 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1253 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1270 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1279 AD to 1301 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1500 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1343 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1299 AD to 1301 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1539 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 FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1302 AD to 1350 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1330 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • EWER (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1353 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1413 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1450 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1490 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1497 AD to 1537 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1630 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • CROTAL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1550 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1603 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • MOUNT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1540 AD to 1800 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1554 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1580 AD to 1580 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1604 AD to 1607 AD)
  • JETTON (17th Century - 1612 AD to 1651 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1614 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1634 AD to 1636 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1700 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1658 AD to 1658 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1659 AD to 1659 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1730 AD)
  • CROTAL (17th Century to 19th Century - 1675 AD to 1825 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1699 AD to 1699 AD)

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Record last edited

May 17 2025 7:58PM

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