NHER 61242 (Find Spot record) - Late prehistoric, Roman and medieval to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Sporadic metal-detecting between 2000 and 2016 recovered late prehistoric worked flint, including an Early Neolithic scraper, Neolithic retouched flake and Neolithic/Bronze Age scraper; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval token and Roman and Late Saxon/medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an arm from a pair of ?Roman tweezers; a Late Saxon/medieval Anglo-Scandinavian mount; medieval lead pot mends, a harness mount, and a buckle; a medieval/post-medieval buckle, copper alloy vessel leg fragment and bird feeder or water trough and post-medieval cloth seals.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20SW
Civil Parish	CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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December 2000 to October 2001. Metal detecting.
Finder's Field 32 [1]:
2 Roman coins.
1 ?Roman arm/blade from pair of tweezers.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other object by A. Rogerson (NLA). See descriptions in file.
Previously recorded under NHER 9789.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 February 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 February 2016.

February 2006. Metal detecting. [1].
1 medieval coin.
See list in file.
Previously recorded under NHER 9789.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 March 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 February 2016.

January-February 2016. Metal-detecting. [2].
Neolithic/Bronze Age scraper.
3 Roman coins.
Medieval lead pot mends and a buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle and copper alloy vessel leg fragment.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2016.

July-September 2016. Metal-detecting. [3].
Early Neolithic scraper.
Neolithic retouched flake.
Medieval/post-medieval bird feeder or water trough.
1 post-medieval token and cloth seals.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

(S1) - PAS details to follow.
J. Richards (HES), 12th April, 2017

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF97453 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2016. Drawing of a Late Saxon Urnes-style furniture fitting or harness mount. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)

Object Types (20)

RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
COIN (Roman - 64 AD to 68 AD)
COIN (Roman - 117 AD to 138 AD)
COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 161 AD)
MOUNT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT MEND (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
BIRD FEEDER (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD?)
COIN (16th Century - 1579 AD to 1579 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD?)
CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD?)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)

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Record last edited

May 29 2025 8:33AM