NHER 63789 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2020 recovered Late Iron Age and Roman coins; a post-medieval token and a number of other metal objects, including a Roman copper alloy pin; a Roman to Late Saxon copper alloy unidentified object; an Early Saxon brooch fragment; an Early Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl; a medieval buckle and horse-harness bell pendant and a post-medieval mount and sword belt fitting.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF81NE
Civil Parish	GREAT DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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February 2020-September 2021. Metal-detecting. [1].
2 Late Iron Age coins.
6 Roman coins.
Roman to Late Saxon copper alloy unidentified object.
Early Saxon side knob from Cruciform brooch.
Early Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl.
Medieval buckle and horse-harness bell pendant.
1 post-medieval token, a mount and sword belt fitting consisting of a shield-shaped decorated plate.
Information from PAS import.
See distribution maps (S1).
E. McDonald (HES), 21 October 2020. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 February 2023 and 12 September 2023.

August 2025. Metal-detecting. [2].
Roman copper alloy pin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 February 2026.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF100867 Unpublished Document: Crace, G.. 2019. Find Heatmaps by Period for the North and South of the River Nar Metal-detecting Project. Finder's map.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)

Object Types (17)

COIN (Late Iron Age - 50 BC to 15 BC)
COIN (Late Iron Age - 10 AD to 42 AD)
PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman to Late Saxon - 100 AD to 900 AD)
COIN (Roman - 270 AD to 273 AD)
COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 285 AD)
COIN (Roman - 293 AD to 296 AD)
COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 357 AD)
COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 357 AD)
COIN (Roman - 350 AD to 353 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 530 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Early Saxon to 18th Century - 500 AD to 1800 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 AD)

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Record last edited

May 25 2026 10:33AM