NHER 58831 (Find Spot record) - Roman and medieval to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 1999 and 2014 recovered Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a possible Middle Bronze Age pin fragment; Roman brooches and a furniture fitting; medieval buckles, a harness pendant, harness mount and the pendent loop from a purse frame; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and post-medieval buckles, a button and a mushroom-headed tack.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM18NE
Civil Parish	TIVETSHALL ST MARY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Before January 1999. Metal-detecting. [1].
3 Roman brooches.
Post-medieval button and mushroom-headed tack.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 January 2013.

August-September 2014. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field KG1. Site extended to whole field. [2].
?Middle Bronze Age possible pin fragment (S1).
Roman brooches and furniture fitting.
Medieval buckles, a harness pendant, harness mount and the pendent loop from a purse frame.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Post-medieval buckles.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 8 January 2015 and P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF93205 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of a possible Middle Bronze Age pin fragment. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (20)

PIN (Middle Bronze Age - 1400 BC? to 1250 BC?)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 150 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 80 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 80 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
PURSE (Medieval - 1450 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
TACK (18th Century to Unknown - 1750 AD)
BUTTON (18th Century to Unknown - 1800 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 27 2025 11:59PM