NHER 59745 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2014 and 2017 recovered prehistoric worked flints, including a Neolithic blade and notched implement and Neolithic/Bronze Age flakes and scrapers; Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherds; medieval and post-medieval coins; post-medieval jettons and Middle Bronze Age and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Middle Bronze Age spearhead fragment; a Roman brooch and key handle; an Early Saxon brooch; Middle/Late Saxon strap-end; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval weight, ampulla, harness fitting, thimble, purse frame fragment, horse harness pendant, casket key, copper alloy vessel spout and lead spindle whorl; medieval/post-medieval weights, a spindle whorl and copper alloy vessel fragments and post-medieval crotal bells, spur fragments, a harness mount, cloth seal, hinge plate, weight and a pocket sundial or ring dial fragment.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM09NW
Civil Parish	DEOPHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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January-February 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
Roman brooch and key handle.
Early Saxon brooch.
1 Late Saxon/medieval pottery sherd
2 medieval coins, buckles, a weight, ampulla and spindle whorl.
1 post-medieval jetton, a cloth seal, buckle, weight and spur.
Information from PAS import.
See finder's map in file.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 March 2014.

September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
Neolithic/Bronze Age retouched flint flake.
Medieval mount.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2014.

October-November 2014. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval buckle.
Post-medieval crotal bell fragment.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 8 January 2015.

November 2014-January 2015. Metal-detecting. [4].
Middle/Late Saxon silver strap end with traces of inlaind niello. Declared Treasure on 6 July 2015 (Ref: 2015 T190).
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 October 2015.

January-February 2015. Metal-detecting. [5].
Neolithic blade.
Neolithic/Bronze Age scraper.
Middle Bronze Age spearhead fragment (S1).
2 medieval pottery sherds, buckles, a harness fitting, dress fastener, thimble and copper alloy vessel spout.
Medieval/post-medieval weights, a spindle whorl and copper alloy vessel fragments, including a leg.
Post-medieval crotal bell, spur fragment and a fragment of pocket sundial or ring dial.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 April 2015.

March-April 2015. Metal-detecting. [6].
Neolithic notched implement.
Medieval button.
Post-medieval hinge plate, crotal bell and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 June 2015.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [7].
2 medieval coin, a harness mount and purse frame fragment.
2 post-medieval coins and 2 jettons.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2015.

November 2015-January 2016. Metal-detecting. [8].
Medieval casket key.
1 post-medieval coin, buckles and a harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 March 2016.

January-February 2016. Metal-detecting. [9].
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2016.

May-September 2016. Metal-detecting. [10].
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

July-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [11].
1 medieval coin.
Medieval folding strap clasp with leather surviving in the frame and shield-shaped harness pendant.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 February 2018 and 1 July 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 December 2020.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF93235 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (10)

Object Types (70)

BLADE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
SOCKETED SPEARHEAD (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 500 AD)
STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 950 AD to 1100 AD)
POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1200 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1194 AD to 1200 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval - 1230 AD to 1450 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
CLASP (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval - 1330 AD to 1400 AD)
AMPULLA (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1530 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1450 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
PURSE (Medieval - 1450 AD to 1500 AD)
DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1650 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1544 AD to 1550 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1549 AD to 1549 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1572 AD to 1572 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1625 AD)
JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
HINGE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
SPUR (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
SPUR (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
SUNDIAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
WEIGHT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 25 2026 2:11PM