NHER 52522 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2008 and 2021 recovered a late prehistoric flint flake and Neolithic/Bronze Age flakes and a scraper; Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman and medieval coins; medieval jettons, post-medieval tokens and a range of other, Late Iron Age/Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include undated copper alloy casting waste; a Late Iron Age/Roman harness stud; a Roman brooch, nail cleaner, harness mount, furniture fitting and lead steelyard weight; a Roman/Early Saxon amphora-shaped military strap end and military belt fitting; Late Saxon to post-medieval lead weights; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval cosmetic set, leash swivel and lead weight; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy rings, copper alloy vessel fragments, a lead weight and lead unidentified object; a post-medieval sword-belt mount, copper alloy and lead weights, lead cloth seal and lead powder charge cap or measure and a post-medieval/modern lead probable water pipe.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF93SW
Civil Parish	SCULTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September- October 2008. Metal-Detecting.
2 Roman coins.
1 Roman/Early Saxon military belt fitting (late 4th-5th century), (S1).
1 medieval/post-medieval ring and 2 copper alloy vessel fragments.
1 post-medieval buckle frame.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See list in file.
A Rogerson (NLA) 15 November 2008.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 15 May 2014.

November- December 2008. Metal detecting
3 Roman coins and lead steelyard weight.
Post-medieval belt or harness mount, lead weight and lead cloth seal.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 16 January 2009.

December 2008- January 2009.
Late Iron Age/Roman harness stud.
2 Roman coins and furniture fitting.
See list in file
A. Rogerson (NLA) 14 March 2009.

February- March 2009. Metal detecting.
Undatable copper alloy casting waste.
Prehistoric flint flake.
6 Iron Age pottery sherd.
3 Roman coins, 17 pottery sherds and a brooch.
Roman/Early Saxon amphora-shaped military strap end.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
Medieval/post-medieval crudely cast copper alloy rings.
17 medieval pottery sherds.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd (possible waster), a belt mount, lead weight and lead powder charge cap or measure.
See lists in file,
A. Rogerson (NLA) 18 April 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 September 2023.

August- September 2009. Metal detecting.
5 Roman coins and military harness mount.
Medieval swivel from a leash.
See list in file
A. Rogerson, (NLA), 14 October 2009.

September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2014.

July-September 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
Undated weight.
Neolithic/Bronze Age scraper.
4 Roman coins.
3 Middle Saxon pottery sherds.
3 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
6 medieval pottery sherds and a lead weight.
2 post-medieval tokens, 2 pottery sherds and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 November 2015.

March-April 2017. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 Roman coin.
4 medieval coins and 1 jetton.
1 post-medieval token and a copper alloy weight.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 6 June 2017.

April-May 2017. Metal-detecting. [4].
6 Roman coins.
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead weights.
Medieval buckles.
Medieval/post-medieval buckles, a copper alloy 'paper-clip' vessel repair rivet and a lead unidentified object.
1 post-medieval token, buckles, buttons, a dress hook, sword-belt mount and lead cloth seals.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017 and P. Watkins (HES), 25 September 2023.

August 2020. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 Roman coin and a nail cleaner.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 March 2023 and 10 September 2023.

October 2021. Metal-detecting. [6].
Medieval cosmetic set (in a very peculiar arrangement and without a pair of tweezers).
Post-medieval/modern lead probable water pipe.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 12 December 2023 and 16 December 2023.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF91844 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2008. Drawing of a Roman/Early Saxon military belt mount. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (15)

Object Types (71)

FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
HARNESS MOUNT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
WEIGHT (Unknown date)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
NAIL CLEANER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STRAP END (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD to 650 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD to 650 AD)
COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 260 AD)
COIN (Roman - 91 AD to 91 AD)
COIN (Roman - 147 AD to 161 AD)
COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
COIN (Roman - 273 AD to 274 AD)
COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 348 AD)
COIN (Roman - 351 AD to 378 AD)
COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon - 720 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD to 1100 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
WEIGHT (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
LEASH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1270 AD to 1510 AD)
COSMETIC SET (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
RIVET (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1302 AD to 1350 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1369 AD to 1377 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POWDER MEASURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
POT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1750 AD)
SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1668 AD to 1668 AD)
WATER PIPE (ARCHITECTURAL) (17th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (18th Century - 1727 AD to 1760 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 2 2025 11:00PM