NHER 64531 (Find Spot record) - Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting at this location in 2020 recovered Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval tokens; a post-medieval jetton and a range of other, Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds included a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount; Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorls; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval lead weights, a horse harness mount, purse bar, thimble and copper alloy chafing dish fragment; medieval/post-medieval rings, copper alloy vessel fragments and lead weights and post-medieval copper alloy weights, scale-tang knife end-caps, dividers, a sword-belt clasp, purse frame, lead cloth seal and 18th-century gold finger ring.

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Location

Map sheet TF91SE
Civil Parish GRESSENHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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July-November 2020. Metal-detecting. [1].
From finder’s Areas 9 and 10:
2 Roman coins and 1 pottery sherd.
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorls.
4 medieval coins, 1 token, 3 pottery sherds, buckles, lead weights, a horse harness mount, folding strap clasp, pendent loop, strap end, purse bar, thimble and copper alloy chafing dish fragment.
Medieval/post-medieval buckles, rings, copper alloy vessel fragments, copper alloy 'paper-clip' vessel repair rivets and lead weights (including steelyard weight).
10 post-medieval coins, 1 jetton, 1 token, 1 pottery sherd, buckles, button, copper alloy weights, scale-tang knife end-caps, dress hook, dividers, a sword-belt clasp, purse frame, lead cloth seal and gold finger ring of probable 18th-century date.
?Post-medieval copper alloy unidentified tabular square object with iron ?wire embedded in one side.
Information from PAS import.
See finder's map (S1) in file.
E. McDonald (HES), 23 November 2020 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 December 2020 and 1 January 2021.

  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Rowbury, F. 2020. Finder's Map Of Areas Searched on Alpes Farm. Finder's map.
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 81 AD to 96 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 192 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1200 AD to 1800 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1200 AD to 1800 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1200 AD to 1800 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1200 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • RIVET (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • RIVET (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1300 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1303 AD to 1305 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1530 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1352 AD to 1353 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 16th Century - 1470 AD to 1530 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1480 AD to 1483 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1554 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1582 AD to 1603 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • DIVIDERS (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • PURSE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1656 AD to 1656 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1672 AD to 1679 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1694 AD to 1694 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1694 AD to 1694 AD)
  • WEIGHT (17th Century to 19th Century - 1694 AD to 1850 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1695 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1695 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1695 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century to 18th Century - 1695 AD to 1701 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1697 AD to 1697 AD)
  • FINGER RING (17th Century to 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1800 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 22 2023 6:17PM

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