NHER 37301 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2001 and 2006, and again in 2013 recovered late prehistoric struck flint, including a dagger, knife, scraper and blade; an undatable whetstone; Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman and medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval tokens and Iron Age to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Iron Age brooch pendant; Roman brooches; an Early Saxon wrist clasp; medieval dress accessories, a horse harness mount, casting waste and part of a lock; a medieval/post-medieval dagger pommel and a post-medieval mount.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF92SW
Civil Parish	COLKIRK, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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2001 & pre 29 April 2002. Metal detecting.
Medieval and medieval/post medieval metal objects, and undatable hone in large field.
Individual grid refs.
See list in file.
See also NHER 35630.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 July 2002.

Before 30 September 2002. Metal detecting.
Nineteen Roman coins.
Roman sherds.
Roman (S1) and medieval metal objects.
Medieval or post medieval token attached to casting sprue and suggesting manufacture of tokens.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 December 2002.

Before 13 January 2003. Metal detecting.
Five medieval coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 April 2003.

Before 17 June 2003. Metal detecting.
Roman coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 September 2003.

Before 28 November 2003. Metal detecting.
Seven Roman coins.
Iron Age/Roman brooches.
Roman, medieval and post medieval sherds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 March 2004.

Medieval censer mount reidentified as pendant from Iron Age brooch.
See description and drawing in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 June 2004.

September-October 2004. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval horse harness mount.
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 November 2004.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 17 March 2014.

April-May 2006. Metal-detecting.
1 ?Late Neolithic retouched flint flake fragment (shallow retouch on one side, ?from knife or dagger preparation) and 2 ?scrapers.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 June 2006.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 18 March 2014.

Before 24 March 2006. Metal detecting.
A medieval and a post medieval mount.
See list in file.
E. Darch (NLA), 10 January 2006.

November-December 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint blade.
1 Roman coin.
Early Saxon wrist clasp.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 February 2014 and P. Watkins (HES), 13 October 2024.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
--- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF76189 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2002. Drawing of an Iron Age brooch pendant. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)

Object Types (34)

BLADE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
DAGGER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
KNIFE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
BLADE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
DAGGER (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
KNIFE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
PENDANT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
WHETSTONE (Unknown date)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
PLATE BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 276 AD to 282 AD)
SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 530 AD)
BARREL PADLOCK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CASTING WASTE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
DAGGER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CASTING WASTE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
DAGGER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 23 2025 6:02AM