NHER 55080 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting at this location between 2010 and 2020 recovered Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherds; Roman and post-medieval coins; a medieval jetton and a number of other, Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a Roman cosmetic pestle; a Middle/Late Saxon brooch; a Late Saxon disc brooch and bell; medieval buckles, a belt mount and a copper alloy seal matrix; a medieval/post-medieval chafing dish fragment and part of another copper alloy vessel and a post-medieval buckle, belt or harness mount, crotal bell and lead cloth seal.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM19SE
Civil Parish	FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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August-September 2010. Metal-detecting.
Roman cosmetic pestle.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
1 medieval jetton, 3 pottery sherds, buckles and a copper alloy seal matrix.
Medieval/post-medieval chafing dish fragment and another copper alloy vessel fragment.
2 post-medieval coins, a buckle, belt or harness mount and crotal bell.
See description in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 14 October 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 November 2023.

December 2011-January 2012. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Roman coin.
Post-medieval lead cloth seal.
See description in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 2 February 2012.

2020. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field WE2. [2].
Middle/Late Saxon curved arm ('floral') cross-shaped brooch.
Late Saxon disc brooch (cast from an example incorporating a Roman coin) and a bell.
Medieval belt mount.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
A. Beckham (HES), 28 January 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 14 October 2023 and 16 December 2023.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (23)

COSMETIC PESTLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 198 AD to 200 AD)
BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
BELL (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1561 AD to 1561 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1660 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 5 2024 4:10PM