NHER 35593 (Find Spot record) - Middle/Late Saxon and medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 1999/2000 and 2017 recovered medieval coins and a number of other metal objects, including a Middle/Late Saxon strap fitting and a medieval purse fragment, pendent mount and thimble.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60NE
Civil Parish FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish SHOULDHAM THORPE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

October 1999 to February 2000. Metal detecting. [1].
Medieval copper alloy 'arched pendant mount', commonly known as a purse hanger. It is an oval section bar, slightly swollen in the centre, with each end bent up. One is broken, but the other ends in a rounded knob terminal. It looks very like a late Post Medieval drop handle from a drawer, but the straightness of the central area and the feel of the metal (rough powdery green corrosion) argue against this.
Very similar to example in (S1).
Identified by H. M. Geake (A&E)
K. Hinds (NLA) 1 August 2000.

October 2012. Metal-detecting. [2].
Incomplete probably Middle/Late Saxon buckle plate or strap fitting.
One medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended south to the field boundary and northwest. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
A. Beckham (HES), 4 December 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 October 2025.

Expanded to whole field. Former extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 October 2025.

May-June 2013. Metal-detecting. [4].
Found close to [5] (Context 2: original extent of NHER 58488):
3 medieval coins, pendent mount and thimble.
Information from PAS import.
Previously recorded under NHER 58488.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 August 2013. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 October 2025.

July-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [6].
2 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
Previously recorded under NHER 58488.
H. Mellor (HES), 21 September 2017. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 October 2025 and 14 February 2026.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • <S1> Publication: Egan and Pritchard. 1991. Dress Accessories. Fig 140.
  • STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1161 AD to 1165 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1289 AD to 1291 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1292 AD to 1296 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1335 AD to 1343 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2026 1:29AM

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