NHER 59834 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2014 and 2025 recovered an Early Neolithic flint scraper; a medieval pottery sherd; Roman and medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton and a number of other, Middle Bronze Age to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a Middle Bronze Age palstave fragment; Roman brooches; a Middle/Late Saxon brooch made from possible harness or furniture mount; a Late Saxon brooch; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval copper alloy seal matrix and a post-medieval scabbard chape, pastry jigger and copper alloy weight.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL99NE
Civil Parish	ROCKLANDS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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December 2013-May 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
Early Neolithic flint scraper.
3 Roman coins and a brooch.
Middle/Late Saxon brooch made from possible harness or furniture mount (S1).
1 medieval coin, 1 pottery sherd and a strap mount.
Post-medieval buckles, a button and copper alloy weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 October 2014.

December 2014-June 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
Middle Bronze Age palstave fragment (S2).
Roman plate brooch.
Late Saxon convex disc brooch.
2 medieval coins, a buckle and finger ring.
1 post-medieval jetton, a button, scabbard chape and pastry jigger.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 September 2015 and E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2024.

December 2016-June 2017. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
Medieval buckle and copper alloy seal matrix.
Post-medieval buckles.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald, 1 January 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024.

October 2020-February 2023. Metal-detecting. [4].
2 medieval coins and composite tongue-shaped strap end.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2024 and 11 March 2024.

October 2023-April 2025. Metal-detecting. [5].
Post-medieval buckle, button, peasant finger ring and strap slide.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 August 2025.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
<S1> SNF93302 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of a Middle/Saxon brooch made from possible harness or furniture mount. Film. 2:1.
<S2> SNF102256 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age palstave fragment. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)

Object Types (36)

FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 80 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 200 AD to 350 AD)
COIN (Roman - 200 AD to 201 AD)
COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
COIN (Roman - 307 AD to 318 AD)
BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 700 AD to 950 AD)
BROOCH (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1230 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1210 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1222 AD to 1236 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
FINGER RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1474 AD to 1504 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
FINGER RING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
STRAP FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
CUTLERY (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1800 AD)
SCABBARD (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1800 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 5 2026 4:47PM