NHER 44087 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2006 and 2023 recovered a Neolithic part-polished flint axehead; Roman pottery sherds; Late Iron Age/Roman, Roman, medieval to post-medieval coins; Roman coin blanks; post-medieval tokens; a post-medieval jetton and a range of other, Bronze Age to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a Middle Bronze Age rapier or dirk blade; a Middle/Late Bronze Age copper alloy chisel; Late Bronze Age spearhead fragment; a Late Iron Age/Roman brooch and toggle; Roman brooches, military harness fittings, a bracelet, lion-headed casket or box mount, copper alloy furniture nail/stud, copper alloy ingot (probably for use in the production of counterfeit coinage), copper alloy unidentified object and lead steelyard weights; a Middle/Late Saxon strap fitting and strap end; medieval and post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval strap end, harness mount, coin weight, lid from set of nested cup weights, copper alloy seal matrices and lead ampulla; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and post-medieval coin weights and a book clasp.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG02NW
Civil Parish FOULSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

January-February 2006. Metal-detecting.
3 Roman coins (2nd century denarrii).
1 medieval lead ampulla.
1 post-medieval button.
Coins identified by J. Davies (NCM) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 March 2006.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 10 April 2014.

August 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
16 Roman coins, 12 pottery sherds, a lion-headed mount from a casket or box and lead steelyard weights.
Middle/Late Saxon strap fitting and strap end.
1 medieval coin, a gilt buckle plate, strap fitting and lid from set of nested cup weights.
1 post-medieval token, 2 buckles, a sword-belt fitting and coin weight.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 October 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 24 January 2026.

September-October 2018. Metal-detecting. [2].
Middle Bronze Age rapier or dirk blade (S2).
Middle/Late Bronze Age copper alloy chisel (S3).
Late Iron Age/Roman Aesica brooch
35 Roman coins, 1 coin blank, 4 pottery sherds, a brooch, furniture nail/stud and copper alloy unidentified object.
2 medieval coins.
3 post-medieval coins, 2 tokens, 1 jetton, a buckle and book clasp.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 5 November 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023 to 24 January 2026.

September-October 2018. Metal-detecting. [3].
5 Roman coins and a brooch.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2018.

September-October 2018. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Late Iron Age/Roman coin (Roman issue denarius of Augustus) and a possible toggle (S1).
24 Roman coins, a brooch and incomplete bracelet.
2 medieval coins, a buckle, harness mount, strap end and copper alloy seal matrix.
2 post-medieval coins and 2 buckles.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 9 September 2023 to 24 January 2026.

January 2019. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 29 July 2025.

February 2019. Metal-detecting. [6].
Late Bronze Age hollow-cast socketed spearhead fragment (S4).
3 Roman coins.
1 post-medieval token.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 May 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.

April-May 2019. Metal-detecting. [7].
6 Roman coins.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 July 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 29 July 2025.

June 2019. Metal-detecting. [8].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 July 2019.

August-October 2019. Metal-detecting. [9].
6 Roman coins.
1 medieval coin.
2 post-medieval coins and 1 token.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 July 2019.

December 2020-October 2021. Metal-detecting. [10].
23 Roman coins, 3 coin blanks, military harness strap junction, military harness mount, military openwork harness pendant (S5) and copper alloy ingot (probably for coin blanks to make counterfeit radiate imitations).
3 medieval coins, a coin weight and copper alloy seal matrix.
1 medieval/post-medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin, 1 token and a coin weight.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 November 2023 and 17 February 2025.

February 2022. Metal-detecting. [11].
Neolithic part-polished flint axehead.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 November 2023.

September 2023. Metal-detecting. [12].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2024.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2018. Drawing of a Late Iron Age toggle. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2018. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age rapier fragment. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • <S3> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2018. Drawing of a Middle to Late Bronze Age chisel. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • <S4> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2019. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age spearhead fragment. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
  • <S5> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2022. Drawing of a Roman harness pendant. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CHISEL (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 801 BC)
  • RAPIER (Middle Bronze Age - 1400 BC to 1200 BC)
  • SOCKETED SPEARHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • TOGGLE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 100 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 18 BC to 20 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 25 AD to 75 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN BLANK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 260 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 260 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 80 AD to 81 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 90 AD to 91 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 98 AD to 103 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 98 AD to 138 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 98 AD to 200 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Roman - 120 AD to 300 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Roman - 120 AD to 300 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Roman - 120 AD to 300 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 140 AD to 143 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 147 AD to 175 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 155 AD to 161 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 161 AD to 169 AD)
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  • COIN (Roman - 180 AD to 192 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 180 AD to 192 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 192 AD to 192 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 196 AD to 197 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 196 AD to 222 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 200 AD to 350 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 218 AD to 222 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 244 AD to 247 AD)
  • BRACELET (Roman - 250 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 253 AD to 260 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 268 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 268 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 378 AD)
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  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN BLANK (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN BLANK (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN BLANK (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
  • INGOT (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 276 AD to 282 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 286 AD to 293 AD)
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  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 341 AD)
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  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 375 AD)
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  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
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  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
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  • COIN (Roman - 388 AD to 402 AD)
  • STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1000 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
  • AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1170 AD to 1300 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1216 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1216 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1269 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1258 AD to 1269 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1289 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1301 AD to 1303 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1354 AD to 1355 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1370 AD to 1450 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Medieval - 1421 AD to 1471 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1650 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1650 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1531 AD to 1544 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1562 AD to 1562 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1574 AD to 1574 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1580 AD to 1580 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1601 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1614 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1634 AD to 1636 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (17th Century - 1642 AD to 1646 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1670 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1651 AD to 1651 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1668 AD to 1668 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1670 AD to 1670 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (18th Century - 1760 AD to 1773 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 21 2026 3:55PM

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