NHER 60952 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2015 and 2024 recovered Late Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman and medieval coins; medieval to post-medieval jettons; post-medieval tokens and a range of other, Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a Roman brooch and spoon; an Early Saxon brooch; a Late Saxon openwork strap end; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval thimbles, a chafing dish fragment, strap or harness stud and lead weights; medieval/post-medieval purse frame, copper alloy vessel fragment, copper alloy ring and lead pot mends and a post-medieval harness mount, book fitting, harness mount, pin and sword belt fitting.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF81SE
Civil Parish	NECTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full Description

October-November 2015. Metal-detecting. [1].
Roman brooch.
6 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
3 medieval coins, 11 pottery sherds, buckles, a strap end, strap or harness stud and lead weight.
Medieval/post-medieval pot mends.
5 post-medieval pottery sherds and dress hook.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 January 2016.

December 2015-January 2016. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 March 2016.

March-April 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended 148m to the south. [3].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 June 2016.

July-September 2016. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Saxon openwork strap-end (S1). The lower part is in the form form of an animal head with moulded ears, eyes and snout, holding an openwork plate in its mouth.
1 post-medieval jetton and 1 token.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2018.

September-October 2016. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 Roman coin.
Medieval thimble.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 15 December 2016.

October-November 2016. Metal-detecting. [6].
3 medieval coins and a brooch.
1 post-medieval jetton.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 9 January 2017.

March-April 2017. Metal-detecting. [7].
5 medieval coins and 1 jetton.
1 post-medieval jetton.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 6 June 2017.

April-May 2017. Metal-detecting. [8].
1 Late Saxon Thetford Ware pottery sherd.
1 medieval Grimston Ware pottery sherd, a strap fitting, buckle and chafing dish fragment.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd and a copper alloy ring.
3 post-medieval pottery sherds, a dress hook, harness mount and hook from a sword belt.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017.

May-June 2017. Metal-detecting. [9]
Medieval/post-medieval purse frame.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024.

July-September 2019. Metal-detecting. [10].
1 Roman coin.
3 medieval coins and a lead weight.
1 post-medieval coin, a dress hook, book fitting and harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 November 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024.

September 2020. Metal-detecting. [11].
1 Roman coin and a spoon.
2 medieval coins.
1 post-medieval jetton, 1 post-medieval token, a button and pin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 February 2021.

January 2023-July 2024. Metal-detecting. [12].
Early Saxon small long brooch.
1 medieval coin and a thimble.
1 medieval/post-medieval jetton.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 jetton.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 February 2025, 22 June 2025 and 8 August 2025.

NMD022026 – PAS details awaited. [13].
Finders' 'Sparham Hall' field (DaP) and 'Well Field' (DeP).
P. Watkins (HES), 27 February 2026.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF97985 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2016. Drawing of a Late Saxon cast copper alloy strap-end. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)

Object Types (68)

BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 260 AD)
SPOON (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 286 AD to 293 AD)
COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 450 AD to 500 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 530 AD)
POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
POT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
STRAP END (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 950 AD?)
POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
STUD (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
BROOCH (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
POT MEND (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1200 AD? to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1217 AD to 1222 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1249 AD to 1286 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1280 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1258 AD to 1270 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1280 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1286 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1297 AD to 1299 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1333 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1327 AD to 1461 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1330 AD to 1430 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1525 AD)
JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1445 AD to 1454 AD)
POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1536 AD)
COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1497 AD to 1537 AD)
DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
BOOK FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
DRESS HOOK (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1553 AD to 1612 AD)
COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1558 AD to 1603 AD)
JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1603 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1594 AD to 1596 AD)
BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
PIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1672 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1670 AD to 1670 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 25 2026 3:13PM