NHER 37136 (Find Spot record) - Middle Iron Age and Roman to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting undertaken between 1999 and 2024 recovered Late Iron Age/Roman, Roman and medieval pottery sherds; undated undated casting waste; Late Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and a range of other, undated and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a Roman finger ring and seal box; Early Saxon brooches; a Middle Saxon pin and possible spoon handle; a Late Saxon disc brooch; a medieval brooch, harness pendant, lead seal matrices and lead spindle whorl and a post-medieval dress hook, spur, sword quillion and lead seal matrix.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF60NE
Civil Parish	SHOULDHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

Before 13 May 1999. Metal detecting.
Groat, Philip and Mary, mint mark a lis, 1554-8.
Identified by J. Davies.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 11 April 2002.

Before 2 September 2002. Metal detecting.
1 Late Iron Age coin.
See list in file with NGR.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 5 February 2003.

Before 25 October 2005. Metal detecting.
1 Late Iron Age coin.
Roman seal box (2nd century).
See description in file.
E. Darch (NLA) 7 April 2006.

Before 10 November 2009. Metal-detecting.
2 Roman coins
Early Saxon cruciform brooch and florid cruciform brooch fragment.
Middle Saxon pin and possible spoon handle.
Late Saxon disc brooch with backward-facing beast.
4 medieval coins, an annular brooch and lead seal matrix.
1 post-medieval coin and a dress hook.
See list in file.
E. Darch (HES), 12 November 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 March 2024.

May-June 2012. Metal-detecting.
Undatable copper alloy casting waste.
S. Ashley (HES), 10 June 2012.

September 2019. Metal-detecting. [1].
3 Late Iron Age/Roman pottery sherds.
3 Roman pottery sherds.
8 medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1 [2].
E. McDonald (HES), 10 October 2019.

October-November 2019. Metal-detecting. [3].
Roman finger ring fragment.
Medieval harness pendant.
Post-medieval rowel spur and a half of a cross-guard of quillion from a sword.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 10 January 2020.

April 2020-June 2022. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 medieval coin and a lead spindle whorl.
Post-medieval lead cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 March 2024, 1 September 2024 and 8 August 2025.

March 2024. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval lead seal matrix.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024.

April 2024. Metal-detecting. [6].
Early Saxon florid cruciform brooch.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2025.

August 2024. Metal-detecting. [7].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 6 July 2025.

KLMD062025 – PAS details awaited. [8].
Finder’s field 'Wood Field'.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2025.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF64967 Article in Serial: Andrews, C. J.. 2006. A recently discovered seal box from Norfolk.. The Quarterly. Vol 61. p 10.
--- SNF85556 Photograph: 2002. KTL 33-34, Iron Age potin coin..
--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)

Object Types (29)

COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 200 BC to 100 AD)
POT (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 200 BC to 100 AD)
CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 250 AD)
SEAL BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 100 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 141 AD to 161 AD)
CRUCIFORM BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 460 AD to 480 AD)
PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
SPOON (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
DISC BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
ANNULAR BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1450 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1210 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
DRESS HOOK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
SPUR (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1750 AD)
SWORD (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 13 2026 6:41PM