NHER 55477 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting before March 2011 and 2013 recovered ?Mesolithic/Early Neolithic, Neolithic and Neolithic/Bronze Age worked flints; a Middle Saxon pottery sherd; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton and various other Early Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include Early Saxon brooches, a wrist clasp and hanging bowl escutcheon; a Middle Saxon pin; a Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag; a Late Saxon lead disc brooch; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval harness mount, thimble, pommel-plate from knife-dagger and unidentified gilt copper alloy object; a medieval/post-medieval thimble, copper alloy vessel fragment and lead weight and a post-medieval Jew's harp and lead cloth seals.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60SW
Civil Parish WIMBOTSHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Before March 2011. Metal-detecting.
Three Roman and two medieval coins, Early Saxon (S1), Middle Saxon, medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file. Coin details to follow.
A. Rogerson (HES), 29 June 2012.

February-July 2013. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the east. [1].
Finds identified by HES but not recorded on the PAS database:
1 Roman copper alloy coin.
2 medieval silver coins.
1 post-medieval silver coin, 1 copper alloy coin and 1 jetton.
Finds recorded on the PAS database:
1 ?Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flint blade.
1 Neolithic flint blade.
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint blade and 1 flint flake.
Early Saxon brooch fragments and a wrist clasp.
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd.
Middle-Late Saxon hooked tag.
2 Late Saxon pottery sherds and a lead disc brooch.
1 medieval coin, annular brooches, buckles, strap ends, folding strap clasps, strap loops, strap mounts, a bar mount, thimble, plate from a knife-dagger pommel and unidentified gilt copper alloy object.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle, thimble, button, copper alloy vessel fragment and lead weight.
Post-medieval buckles, a Jew's harp and lead cloth seals.
Undatable copper alloy casting waste.
Information from PAS import.
See finder's map in file.
A. Beckham (HES) and A. Rogerson (HES), 10 July 2013. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2024, 28 August 2024 and 1 September 2024.

  • --- Map: Finder's Map.
  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of an Early Saxon hooked hanging bowl escutcheon. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
  • BLADE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • HANGING BOWL (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 500 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 530 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 530 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 550 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 550 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 550 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 510 AD to 550 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 720 AD to 850 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1100 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1158 AD to 1180 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1350 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1350 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1350 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1300 AD to 1800 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • CLASP (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DAGGER (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JEWS HARP (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (17th Century to 18th Century - 1694 AD to 1702 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 16 2025 2:08AM

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