NHER 33685 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Fieldwalking here in 1998 recovered Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds, while metal-detecting between 2001 and 2015 retrieved a further medieval pottery sherd; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and undated and Late Iron Age/Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include undatable copper alloy rings; Late Iron Age/Roman brooches; Roman brooches, furniture fittings, a finger ring, steelyard weight and copper alloy hair pin; an Early Saxon wrist clasp; a Middle Saxon pin; Middle Saxon/Late Saxon hooked tags (one lead); a Late Saxon bit or harness link; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval brooches, a pendant weight, pair of tweezers and lead seal matrix; a medieval/post-medieval buckle, handle terminal from scale-tang knife, purse frame fragment and copper alloy 'paper-clip' vessel repair rivet and a post-medieval harness mount, collar stud and thimble.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71NE
Civil Parish WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

17 April 1998. Finder's field 88. Fieldwalking finds. [1].
Iron Age, Roman, medieval, post medieval sherds.
See full details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) July 1998.

Before 3 December 2001. Metal detecting.
Find recorded on the PAS database [3]:
Silver medieval brooch to be considered for Treasure.
Information from PAS import.
Other finds identified by NLA:
Seventeen Roman coins.
Two medieval coins.
Five post medieval coins.
Roman, Early Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal objects.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 11 June 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 May 2020.

Before 4 November 2005. Metal detecting.
Medieval sherd.
Three Roman and one post medieval coins, post medieval jetton.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 23 June 2006.

September-December 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
Undatable copper alloy rings.
Late Iron Age/Roman brooches.
Roman brooches, furniture fittings, a finger ring and copper alloy hair pin.
Middle Saxon pin.
Middle Saxon/Late Saxon hooked tags (one lead (S2)).
Late Saxon bit or harness link.
Medieval buckles (including one of unusual form - see (S1)), belt mounts, strap loops, strap ends, a pair of tweezers, brooch, hooked tag and lead seal matrix.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle, purse frame, handle terminal from scale-tang knife, copper alloy 'paper-clip' vessel repair rivet and unidentified copper alloy object.
Post-medieval harness mount, collar stud and thimble.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 March 2016 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 December 2020 and 8 January 2024.

  • --- Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 2002. Jewellery pieces declared treasure. 27 August.
  • --- Photograph: 2002. KTC 4, Early Saxon wrist clasp fragment..
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2002. Treasure Annual Report 2001. p 57; No 87; Fig 87.
  • --- Unpublished Document: Robinson, J.P.. 2002. Treasure Report: Medieval Brooch Fragment..
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2017. Drawing of a medieval buckle frame. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2020. Drawing of a Middle/Late Saxon lead hooked tag. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • RING (Unknown date)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 70 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 90 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • DIVIDERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 150 AD to 250 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 730 AD to 1100 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 730 AD to 850 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 800 AD to 1100 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • APOTHECARY WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
  • BROOCH (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)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • RIVET (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 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)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1330 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1550 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1630 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DIVIDERS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • THIMBLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STUD (17th Century - 1660 AD to 1700 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 10 2024 11:48AM

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