NHER 53778 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2009 and 2023 recovered a Late Prehistoric flint flake; probable Middle Saxon and medieval pottery sherds; Roman and medieval coins and a range of other, Late Bronze Age, Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead fragment; a Roman brooch; a medieval brooch pin, horse-harness pendant, lead pot mends and lead weight and a medieval/post-medieval chafing dish handle and copper alloy ring.

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Location

Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	GRESSENHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	WENDLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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November-December 2009. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Prehistoric flint flake
Roman Dolphin brooch.
1 probable Middle Saxon pottery sherd.
1 medieval coin, 16 pottery sherds, a pin from annulare brooch, horse harness pendant, lead pot mends and a lead weight.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 January 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 March 2024.

December 2009-January 2010. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead fragment (S1)
1 Roman coin
2 medieval coins.
See lists in file.
Find recorded on the PAS database:
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 February 2010. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 1 October 2016.

May-June 2010. Metal-detecting.
15th or 16th century chafing dish handle.
See description in file.
Site extended over parish boundary to whole field.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 July 2010.

October 2020-January 2023. Metal-detecting. [2]
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 February 2024.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF74952 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2010. Drawing of joining fragments of the blade of a socketed spearhead. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (18)

FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
SPEARHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 331 AD to 332 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1083 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1080 AD to 1083 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1430 AD to 1434 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 6 2024 5:45AM