NHER 60948 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2015 and 2022 recovered Late Saxon, medieval and medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds; Iron Age (Roman issue), Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins (including a pierced Roman coin); medieval and post-medieval jettons; a medieval/post-medieval token and a range of other, undated and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include an undated copper alloy vessel fragment; Roman brooches, pairs of tweezers, a strap fitting and military buckle; Roman/Early Saxon tweezers; an Early Saxon lead alloy Cruciform brooch or casting model fragment; Middle Saxon tweezers and an unidentified copper alloy object; Middle/Late Saxon hooked tags, a strap end, brooch and significant lead plaque with runic inscription; a Late Saxon Scandinavian or Anglo-Scandinavian discoidal lead weight; Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorls; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval rotary keys, harness pendants, mounts, a mirror case, harness mount, copper alloy sheet sieve fragment, unidentified copper alloy object and lead seal matrix; medieval/post-medieval rowel spurs, a copper alloy vessel fragment and lead weights and a post-medieval spur and lead cloth seal.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF82NE
Civil Parish DUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [1].
Undated copper alloy vessel fragment.
2 Roman coins.
Middle Saxon unidentified copper alloy object
Middle/Late Saxon brooch, hooked tag and lead plaque with runic inscription.
8 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl.
1 medieval coin, 32 pottery sherds, buckles, strap ends, rotary keys, a harness pendant, strap plate, brooch and unidentified copper alloy object.
2 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds and a spur rowel.
1 post-medieval coin, 1 jetton, buckles, a dress hook and lead cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2015.

September-December 2016. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Iron Age coin (Roman issue of Marcus Antonius).
3 Roman coins and pairs of tweezers.
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorls.
3 medieval coins, buckles, a mount, strap end, pendent loop and mirror case.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weights.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 jetton.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 7 February 2017.

March 2018-April 2019. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval strap ends, buckles, a harness pendant, copper alloy sheet sieve fragment and lead seal matrix.
Medieval/post-medieval rowel spur.
Post-medieval spur.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2024.

April-June 2019. Metal-detecting. [4].
5 Roman coins and a Late Roman strap fitting.
Middle/Late Saxon strap end and hooked tag.
4 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl.
4 medieval coins, 1 jetton, 4 pottery sherds, mounts (including an example in the form of a cross patonce), a strap end and shield-shaped harness mount.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle, copper alloy vessel fragment and lead weights.
2 post-medieval jettons and buckles.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 16 July 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 14 March 2024.

June 2019-October 2021. Metal-detecting. [5].
Finds recorded on the PAS database:
Roman brooches and Late Roman military buckle.
Roman/Early Saxon tweezers.
Early Saxon lead alloy fragment of Cruciform brooch or casting model.
Middle Saxon tweezers.
Late Saxon Scandinavian or Anglo-Scandinavian discoidal lead weight.
Medieval buckles, strap ends and a strap mount.
1 medieval/post-medieval lead token and a buckle.
Post-medieval buckles and dress hooks.
Information from PAS import.
Finds identified by HES but not recorded on the PAS database:
8 Roman copper alloy coins (including 1 fragment with six drilled holes).
2 medieval coin and 1 jetton.
2 post-medieval silver coins and 1 jetton.
A. Beckham (HES), 14 November 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2023.

October 2021-November 2022. Metal-detecting. [6].
Medieval buckles and a bar mount.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 January 2024.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 32 BC to 31 BC)
  • VESSEL (Unknown date)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 69 AD to 79 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 273 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 273 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 277 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 286 AD to 293 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Roman to Early Saxon - 300 AD to 450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Roman - 300 AD to 409 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Roman to Early Saxon - 300 AD to 500 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 347 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 355 AD to 361 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 367 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 550 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 700 AD to 1100 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 730 AD to 1100 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Middle Saxon - 730 AD to 850 AD)
  • INSCRIBED OBJECT (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 750 AD to 1100 AD)
  • STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 775 AD to 1050 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Middle Saxon - 775 AD to 825 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1000 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1000 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1170 AD to 1300 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)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • SIEVE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1200 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1209 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1209 AD to 1217 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1230 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1230 AD to 1450 AD)
  • MIRROR CASE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1350 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 18th Century - 1300 AD to 1800 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1335 AD to 1343 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Medieval to 17th Century - 1350 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1356 AD to 1361 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1461 AD to 1483 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1461 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • SPUR (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1558 AD to 1603 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1560 AD to 1561 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1613 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 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 1700 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1583 AD to 1601 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1583 AD to 1651 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • SPUR (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1664 AD to 1664 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)

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Record last edited

May 13 2024 12:13AM

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