NHER 37278 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting during Discovery Tours holidays recovered Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins. Objects dating from the Roman to post-medieval period were also recorded. These include a complete Roman cosmetic spoon, part of a Middle or Late Saxon disc brooch, a medieval lead spindle whorl, two medieval seal matrices and an undated lead plumb-bob. Metal-detecting between 2011 and 2018 recovered Late Iron Age and medieval coins, and a post-medieval buckle.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG12SW
Civil Parish	LITTLE WITCHINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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22 August 2001. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours Field 13.
Two Roman coins.
Four medieval coins.
Three post-medieval coins.
Roman, Middle Saxon/Late Saxon, medieval, post-medieval and undated metal finds.
See lists and (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 June 2002.

26 August 2005. Metal-detecting by Discovery Tours. Site extended to whole field.
Amongst other finds to be reported in the future:
Two medieval seal matrices.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 31 October 2005.

Summer 2005. Metal-detecting. Finders' field 15, extended to cover two fields.
Possible Bronze Age blade.
Medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
2 medieval and 1 post-medieval coins.
See lists in file and CD.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 September 2006.

March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval coin and post-medieval buckle.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 11 May 2011.

May-June 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Iron Age coin, gold plated forgery of a Gallo-Belgic stater.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 August 2018.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF65352 Photograph: Riddler, I.. 2005. Digital photographs of Discovery Tours finds, Summer 2005. CD.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)

Object Types (32)

UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
COIN (Late Iron Age - 55 BC to 30 AD)
PLUMB BOB (Unknown date)
WEIGHT (Unknown date)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COSMETIC SPOON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ROWEL SPUR (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
SCABBARD (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Jun 29 2020 11:51AM