NHER 35339 (Find Spot record) - Roman to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Part of a quern stone, probably dating to the Roman period, was found by chance in 1998. Metal-detecting in 2013 and 2014 recovered Roman and medieval coins as well as Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman brooch, a medieval buckle and a medieval/post-medieval button, silver dress hook,, buckle and copper alloy vessel leg.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF73NE
Civil Parish	DOCKING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

March 1998. Stray find. [1].
KLM Enquiry No: E09304.
Found in hedge in area of TF 769 388.
Quern stone, made of sandstone, very worn with exceptionally large hole (maximum diameter about 140mm) towards top. Conceivably had another stone within this hole.
Tapering hole on side (diameter 50mm) breaks right through to flat underside.
Other holes due to wear/accidental damage.
Maximum height 90mm, central hole tapers to about 55mm at bottom.
Probably Roman.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA)
K. Hinds (NLA) 21 June 2000.

July-September 2013. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin.
Medieval/post-medieval button and a silver dress hook.
Information from PAS import.
The silver dress hook was disclaimed as Treasure (Ref: 2013 T620), and returned to the finder.
A. Beckham (HES), 11 November 2013. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2020.

September-November 2013. Metal-detecting. Site extended to whole field. [2].
Roman brooch.
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 11 November 2013.

July-September 2014. Metal-detecting. [4].
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel leg.
Information from PAS import.
See [5].
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 23 October 2020.

Associated Sources (0)

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (8)

BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1218 AD to 1222 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jun 17 2021 11:14AM