NHER 60455 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic, Roman, medieval and post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2015 and 2017 recovered a Mesolithic flint blade; a medieval pottery sherd; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; post-medieval jettons and tokens, and a number of other medieval to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval purse bar, book fitting, mount, iron socketed arrowhead and lead weight and a post-medieval harness mount, book clasp, crotal bell, lead weights and lead cloth seal.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG23SW
Civil Parish	HANWORTH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Before May 2015. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Mesolithic flint blade.
Post-medieval buckle, button, book clasp, harness mount, crotal bell and lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 August 2015.

May-July 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 medieval coin and a strap-end.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 October 2015.

March 2016-May 2017. Metal-detecting. [3].
5 Roman coins.
8 medieval coins, 1 pottery sherd, buckles, a purse bar, book fitting, mount and a lead weight.
3 post-medieval coins, 1 token , 1 jetton, a lead weight and a lead cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 6 June 2017 and P. Watkins (HES), 25 September 2023.

Associated Sources (1)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (40)

BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 260 AD)
COIN (Roman - 98 AD to 117 AD)
COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 192 AD)
COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
MOUNT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
ARROWHEAD (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1207 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1247 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1306 AD to 1307 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1333 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1333 AD)
BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1352 AD to 1353 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1375 AD to 1450 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1375 AD to 1450 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1539 AD)
PURSE (Medieval - 1450 AD to 1500 AD)
BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
WEIGHT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1580 AD to 1580 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1584 AD to 1584 AD)
JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (17th Century to 18th Century - 1603 AD to 1707 AD)
WEIGHT (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1688 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1643 AD to 1645 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1665 AD to 1665 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 4 2026 4:49PM