NHER 39944 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds scatter

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Summary

A prehistoric flint flake, a Roman brooch, medieval and post medieval coins and other metalwork was found by metal detecting in 2003. Further metal-detecting by Elden Tours in 2011 and 2012 recovered Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton and coin weight and undatable, Roman, Early Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include Roman brooches; part of an Early Saxon cruciform brooch; medieval dress accessories, seal matrix, mount in the shape of a bird and purse bar; medieval/post-medieval vessel fragment; post-medieval dress accessories, a clay tobacco pipe stem fragment, part of a saddle pommel, a thimble, padlock, crotal bell, harness mounts and undatable casting waste.

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  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM19NE
Civil Parish ASHWELLTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September-October 2003. Metal detecting club day out covering all of one former field and part of another.
Prehistoric flint flake.
3 medieval and 1 post medieval coins.
Medieval, post medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 November 2003.

September-October. Metal detecting.
Roman brooch.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 March 2004.

September 2011. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field F2 - eastern field.
Two Roman, four medieval and two post-medieval coins, post-medieval coin weight & jetton, undatable, Roman, Early Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists and (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 2 March 2012.

October 2012. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours. [1].
Medieval buckle and copper alloy mount in the form of a bird.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 August 2013.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: S. Elden. 2011. Elden Tours Finder's Map.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • RING (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 388 AD to 402 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1250 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1210 AD? to 1215 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1306 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1320 AD to 1333 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1584 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SADDLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1599 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1554 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 13 2020 4:25PM

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