NHER 59794 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2014 and 2016 recovered undated copper alloy casting waste; a Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl; Late Iron Age/Roman brooches and a strap or harness fitting; Roman brooches and a copper alloy stud; a Roman/Early Saxon strap end; Early Saxon brooches; a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount; Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorls; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval rotary key, thimble, copper alloy seal matrices and lead weight; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel foot and a post-medieval coin weight, Jew's harp, crotal bell, clapper bell, copper alloy and lead weights and a lead cloth seal.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM09NW
Civil Parish	GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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March-April 2014. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field SC. [1].
Late Iron Age/Early Roman strap or harness fitting.
Roman brooches.
Early Saxon brooch.
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
Medieval buckles and a thimble.
Post-medieval crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 June 2014.

March 2015. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field SC. [2].
Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl (S2).
Roman brooches.
Roman/Early Saxon strap end.
Early Saxon brooch (S1).
Medieval buckles, a strap end, bar mount, rotary key and copper alloy seal matrices.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel foot.
Post-medieval buckles, a coin weight, clapper bell and lead cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July and P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.

March 2016. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field SC. [3].
Undated copper alloy casting jet (not recent).
Late Iron Age/Roman brooches.
Roman brooches and a copper alloy stud.
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorls.
Medieval buckles and a lead weight.
Post-medieval Jew's harp, copper alloy weight and lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 May 2016.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
<S1> SNF100153 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of an Early Saxon disc brooch. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
<S2> SNF100198 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age awl. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (12)

Object Types (46)

AWL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
STRAP FITTING (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 100 AD)
CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 AD to 60 AD)
BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 AD to 65 AD)
BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 30 AD to 65 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD? to 100 AD?)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD? to 65 AD?)
STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 55 AD to 100 AD)
STRAP END (Roman to Early Saxon - 300 AD to 450 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 600 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
BROOCH (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
JEWS HARP (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
CROTAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1700 AD)
BELL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
WEIGHT (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1702 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 25 2026 2:11PM