NHER 63989 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2019/2020 recovered Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval jettons and a number of other, Late Iron Age to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a Middle/Late Bronze Age winged axehead; a Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl; a Late Iron Age scabbard chape; a Roman brooch; Middle Saxon pins; a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount and Anglo Scandinavian harness bit link; Late Saxon/medieval lead spindle whorls; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval horse harness pendants, a coin weight, mount, thimble, box or casket hinge and lead seal matrix; a potentially medieval copper alloy unidentified object; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring and lead weight and post-medieval spur frame fragments, quillon guard from knife or dagger, mount and possible lead weight.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM08SE
Civil Parish	BRESSINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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May 2019-February 2020. Metal-detecting. [1].
Undated copper alloy object (probably horse-harness related).
Middle/Late Bronze Age winged axehead.
Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl.
Late Iron Age probable scabbard chape (S1).
3 Roman coins and 2 brooches.
2 Middle Saxon pins.
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount (S2) and Anglo Scandinavian harness bit link.
7 Late Saxon/medieval lead spindle whorls.
21 medieval coins, 1 jetton, 4 horse-harness pendants, 3 buckles, 2 strap ends, a coin weight, annular turret brooch, sexfoil mount, thimble, box or casket hinge and lead seal matrix.
?Medieval copper alloy unidentified object.
2 medieval/post-medieval buckles, copper alloy ring and lead weight.
2 post-medieval coins, 1 jetton, 2 spur frame fragments, buckle, strap fitting, quillon guard from knife or dagger, mount and possible lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 May 2020 and P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2021 to 26 January 2025.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF101611 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2022. Drawing of a Late Iron Age scabbard chape. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
<S2> SNF101608 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2022. Drawing of a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (10)

Object Types (75)

WINGED AXEHEAD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1300 BC to 801 BC)
AWL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)
SCABBARD (Middle Iron Age to Roman - 200 BC to 50 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Iron Age to 17th Century - 40 AD to 1700 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 80 AD)
COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 260 AD)
COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 260 AD)
COIN (Roman - 117 AD to 192 AD)
PIN (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 650 AD to 849 AD)
PIN (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 650 AD to 849 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1250 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
BOX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
BROOCH (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1207 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1222 AD to 1242 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1294 AD to 1297 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1300 AD)
RING (Medieval to 18th Century - 1300 AD to 1800 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1306 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1314 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1310 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1350 AD to 1650 AD)
MOUNT (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1499 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1361 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1352 AD to 1353 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1550 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1450 AD to 1650 AD)
COIN WEIGHT (Medieval - 1464 AD to 1500 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1490 AD to 1500 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
SPUR (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
SPUR (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1501 AD to 1700 AD)
JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
STRAP FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1582 AD to 1583 AD)
KNIFE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
WEIGHT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1641 AD to 1643 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 23 2025 5:15PM