NHER 59795 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age, Roman and medieval to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting at this location in 2014 and 2025 recovered Roman coins and a number of other metal objects, including a Bronze Age axehead fragment; a Roman unusual copper alloy vessel and copper alloy possible vessel lid in the form of a bust of a grotesque male; a medieval thimble; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy unidentifed zoomorphic object and post-medieval buttons.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM19NW
Civil Parish WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

March-April 2014. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field HFB. [1].
Bronze Age copper alloy axehead fragment (S1).
Roman unusual copper alloy vessel of peculiar hourglass form and unknown function (S2) and a copper alloy possible lid from a vessel such as an oil jar in the form of a bust of a grotesque male (S3).
2 post-medieval buttons.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 June 2014.

February 2025. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy unidentifed zoomorphic object.
1 post-medieval post-medieval.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 August 2025 and 24 January 2026.

  • --- Unpublished Document: James, E.M.. 2002. Notes/ Historical Research.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of part of the cutting edge of a Bronze Age copper alloy axehead. Film. 1:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing (restored) of almost complete but distorted Roman copper alloy vessel. Film. 1:1.
  • <S3> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of an incomplete lid from a vessel such as an oil jar in the form of a bust of a grotesque male. Film. 2:1.
  • AXEHEAD (Beaker to Late Bronze Age - 2000 BC to 701 BC)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 80 AD to 81 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1567 AD to 1567 AD)
  • BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 20 2026 6:54AM

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