NHER 63812 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting between 2019 and 2022 recovered a medieval coin and a number of other metal objects, including a Middle/Late Bronze Age palstave fragment; a potentially Middle Iron Age bow brooch of unusual form; a Late Iron Age/Roman unidentified copper alloy object; an Early Saxon shield stud; a Late Saxon Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup terminal; a medieval strap end, probable binding or mount from furniture and lead weight and a post-medieval buckle and harness fitting.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF60NE
Civil Parish	FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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October-November 2019. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Iron Age/Roman unidentified copper alloy object (probably a strap fitting).
Early Saxon shield stud.
Late Saxon Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup terminal which probably had Ringerike-style decoration.
Medieval lead weight.
Post-medieval buckle and harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 29 November 2019.

January 2020. Metal-detecting. [2].
Medieval strap end.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2020.

April-June 2022. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 December 2023.

November 2022. Metal-detecting. [4].
Middle/Late Bronze Age palstave fragment.
Middle Iron Age bow brooch of unusual form (S1).
Medieval probable binding or mount from furniture.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 February 2024 and 12 March 2024.

KLMD102025 – PAS details awaited. [5].
Finders' 'Field 2'(SE)/'Field 4' (PE).
P. Watkins (HES), 16 October 2025.

KLMD012026 – PAS details awaited. [6].
Finder’s 'Field 2'
P. Watkins (HES), 15 January 2026.

KLMD032026 - PAS details awaited. [7].
Finder's 'Field 1'.
P. Watkins (HES), 11 March 2026.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF102471 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2023. Drawing of an unusual Middle Iron Age bow brooch. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)

Object Types (19)

PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 950 BC)
BROOCH (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 100 AD)
COIN (Late Iron Age - 47 BC to 46 BC)
WEIGHT (Roman to 18th Century - 43 AD to 1800 AD)
COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 260 AD)
SHIELD (Early Saxon - 475 AD to 650 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Middle Saxon - 700 AD to 800 AD)
STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
MOUNT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1212 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1352 AD to 1353 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1700 AD)
HARNESS FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 4 2026 2:19PM