NHER 39658 (Find Spot record) - Undated, Iron Age, Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 1998 and 2024 recovered Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a medieval jetton post-medieval tokens and a number of other, undated, Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include an undated lead weight; a remarkable Roman miniature palstave, brooch, surgical or cosmetic tool and copper alloy stud; a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount; an unusual Late Saxon/medieval strap end; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval horse harness pendants, a horse-harness mount, chafing dish fragment and lead seal matrix; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment, white metal bell fragment and lead probable cross pendant and post-medieval harness mounts, a rowel spur fragment, clapper bell fragment and lead weight.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60NE
Civil Parish SHOULDHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Before December 1998. Metal-detecting. [1].
Undated lead weight.
Roman brooch and surgical or cosmetic tool.
Medieval harness pendant.
Post-medieval hooked tag and rowel spur fragment.
See lists in file.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2020.

1998. Metal-detecting.
Found at [2]:
1 ?probe.
No other details recorded [3].
Found at [4]:
1 Roman enamelled plate brooch.
See polaroid (S1) [5].
P. Watkins (HES), 8 August 2016 and 20 September 2018.

Before March 1999. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
See lists in file.
A. Beckham (HES), 26 February 2020.

Before 11 February 2003. Metal detecting.
1 Iron Age coin.
3 Roman coins.
1 remarkable ?Roman miniature palstave (S2).
1 Late Saxon stirrup strap-mount.
5 medieval coins, 1 unusual 11th- or 12th-century strap end (S3), 3 strap ends (14th-century) and 1 buckle.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 31 July 2003.

March-April 2014. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the western field boundary. [6].
2 Roman coins and a copper alloy stud.
1 medieval coin, buckles, a strap end, belt mount, horse harness mount and chafing dish fragment.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment, white metal cannon (suspension loop) from a bell and unidentified copper alloy object (possibly a mount).
2 post-medieval coins, a dress hook, hooked mount, harness mount, clapper bell fragment and lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 June 2014.

July-September 2019. Metal-detecting. [7].
1 post-medieval token and a hooked tag.
Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
E. McDonald (HES), 10 October 2019.

December 2022. Metal-detecting. [8].
Medieval horse-harness pendant and lead seal matrix.
Medieval/post-medieval lead probable cross pendant.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 February 2024 and 1 September 2024.

January 2023. Metal-detecting. [9].
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval token.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 March 2024.

July-November 2024. Metal-detecting. [10].
1 Roman coin.
2 medieval coins, 1 jetton and a buckle.
Post-medieval shoe or knee buckle.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 29 July 2025.

KLMD032026 - PAS details awaited. [11].
Finders' 'Field 1'.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 March 2026.

  • --- Article in Monograph: Ashley, S. 2016. Anglo-Norman elite objects from castle and countryside. Castles and the Anglo-Norman World. Proceedings of a Conference held at Norwich Castle in 2012. Davies, J. et al (eds). pp 281-298. Fig 18.8 No 53.
  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. 10218.
  • <S2> Illustration: White, S. 2003. Drawing of a ?Roman copper alloy miniature axehead in form of Middle Bronze Age palstave. Film. 2:1.
  • <S3> Illustration: White, S. 2003. Drawing of an unusual early medieval copper alloy strap end. Film. 2:1.
  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • PROBE (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Undated)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • MINIATURE OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SURGICAL INSTRUMENT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 297 AD to 307 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 351 AD to 353 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CROSS PENDANT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1600 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1250 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1279 AD to 1312 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1284 AD to 1294 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1291 AD to 1314 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1475 AD to 1525 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (16th Century to 17th Century - 1501 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century - 1501 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BELL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1540 AD to 1800 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1590 AD to 1714 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1595 AD to 1595 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (17th Century to 18th Century - 1601 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1602 AD to 1602 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1660 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1666 AD to 1666 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1699 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2026 3:40PM

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