NHER 56899 (Find Spot record) - Roman and medieval to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2012 and 2019 recovered medieval and medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval/post-medieval jettons; as well as Bronze Age to Late Iron Age Age, Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Bronze Age to Late Iron Age 'moustache-shaped' object; a Roman brooch, possible pendant and votive axe; medieval thimble, harness pendant and key; medieval/post-medieval lead weights and a copper alloy vessel leg and post-medieval buckles, a dress hook, pipe tamper, toy cannon, lead printer's template and lead cloth seal.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF91SE
Civil Parish DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

May 2012. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2013.

July 2012. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
A. Marsden (HES), 1 August 2012.

November-December 2016. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin and a brooch.
1 medieval coin and a thimble.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weights and a copper alloy vessel leg.
1 post-medieval coin, buckles, a dress hook and lead cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 9 January 2017. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 7 February 2017.

January-February 2017. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval/post-medieval conical lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 6 March 2017.

May 2017. Metal-detecting. [4].
Roman possible pendant in the form of a dolphin.
2 medieval coins.
1 medieval/post-medieval jetton.
Post-medieval buckle.
Post-medieval lead printer's template.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017 and P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024 and 24 January 2026.

October-November 2017. Metal-detecting. [5].
Roman miniature votive axe (S1).
2 medieval pottery sherds.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd.
Post-medieval toy cannon.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 November 2017.

January-February 2018. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 May 2018.

August 2019. Metal-detecting. [7].
Medieval key.
Post-medieval pipe tamper.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 November 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2024.

October-November 2019. Metal-detecting. [8].
Middle Bronze Age to Late Iron Age 'moustache-shaped' unidentified copper alloy object (S2).
Medieval harness pendant.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 10 January 2020.

  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2017. Drawing of a Roman miniature votive axe. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2020. Drawing of a Bronze Age unidentified 'moustache-shaped' object. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Middle Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 1600 BC to 40 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • VOTIVE MODEL (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 141 AD)
  • PENDANT (Roman - 300 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1361 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1570 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1504 AD to 1509 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1509 AD to 1526 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1561 AD to 1582 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
  • PIPE TAMPER (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1639 AD to 1640 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (17th Century to 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1800 AD)
  • TEMPLATE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1750 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOY (18th Century to 19th Century - 1750 AD to 1880 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 21 2026 4:00PM

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