NHER 62712 (Find Spot record) - Undated and Middle Saxon to post-medieval finds

The finds below were recovered from the eastern side of Barnham Cross Common. A number of poorly located finds have also been recovered from across the Common and are recorded under NHER 5797 and NHER 65750. Those finds include at least one Palaeolithic handaxe; Mesolithic, Neolithic and Beaker period flint implements; Roman pottery and a Late Saxon or medieval iron spearhead.

1996-1997. Metal-detecting. [1].
Finds recorded on the PAS database:
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag.
?Late Saxon copper alloy ingot.
Medieval buckles, a strap mount and a harness mount.
Post-medieval buckles, a button, rotary key, harness mount and lead tap of unusual form.
Information from PAS import.
Finds identified by HES but not recorded on the PAS database:
1 medieval coin (1 illeg. 14th – 15th-cent. clipped penny),
1 post-med Nuremberg rose/orb jetton.
Identified by J. Davies, 21 August 1999.
All finds recovered from [2].
Site extended to the eastern side of the Common. Previous extent mapped at [3].
A. Beckham (HES), 5 August 2022.

January 2016. Metal-detecting. [4].
Recovered at [3].
Undated unidentified object, possibly a Late Bronze Age to Early Roman votive model of a miniature wheel or a post-medieval pastry jigger.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 August 2016.