NHER 65759 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2020 and 2024 recovered a glass vessel fragment of probable Roman date; Roman, Late Saxon and medieval coins and a number of other, Bronze Age to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a probable Middle Bronze Age dirk or rapier blade fragment; a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment; a possible Bronze Age axehead fragment; a Late Iron Age/Roman tankard fragment and unidentified copper alloy object; a Late Iron Age to Early Saxon unidentified copper alloy object; Roman brooches and a copper alloy pin; a potentially Roman copper alloy figurine; a Roman to post-medieval lead weight; a Late Saxon strap end; medieval buckles, mounts, a strap loop and lead ampulla; a medieval/post-medieval bar mount, spoon, book mount and chafing dish fragment; a post-medieval hooked tag, sword-belt fitting, lead tag or seal and lead power-holder cap and post-medieval/modern lead whistles.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TM09SE
Civil Parish	OLD BUCKENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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September-October 2020. Metal-detecting. [1].
?Bronze Age copper alloy axehead fragment.
1 Roman coin (gold solidus of Constantine III), brooches and a glass vessel fragment.
1 Late Saxon coin and a strap end.
1 medieval coin, buckles, a strap loop and lead ampulla.
Medieval/post-medieval spoon and chafing dish fragment.
Post-medieval sword-belt fitting and lead powder-holder cap
Post-medieval/modern lead whistles.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 June 2021, 1 March 2023 and 8 January 2024.

September 2020-September 2021. Metal-detecting. [2].
Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment.
Late Iron Age to Early Saxon unidentified copper alloy object.
Medieval mount depicting the winged lion of Saint Mark.
Post-medieval hooked tag and lead tag or seal.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 September 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 20 December 2023.

April 2021. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Iron Age/Roman unidentified copper alloy object.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 September 2023.

September-October 2021. Metal-detecting. [1].
Roman copper alloy pin.
Roman to post-medieval lead weight.
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 October 2023 and 10 February 2024.

June 2022. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Roman coin.
10 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 December 2023 and 21 April 2024.

September 2022. Metal-detecting. [1].
2 medieval coins.
Medieval/post-medieval bar mount.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 December 2023 and 10 February 2024.

September-October 2023. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Iron Age/Roman tankard fragment.
1 Roman coin.
?Roman copper alloy figurine fragment.
1 medieval coin and a mount.
Medieval/post-medieval book mount.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024.

November 2024. Metal-detecting. [1].
Medieval buckle and a lead pilgrim's ampulla.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 July 2025.

On or before 1 January 2025. Metal-detecting. [1].
Middle Bronze Age probable dirk or rapier blade fragment.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 August 2025.

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Site and Feature Types and Periods (12)

Object Types (50)

AXEHEAD (Beaker to Late Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
BLADE (Middle Bronze Age - 1550 BC to 1150 BC)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
TANKARD (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 150 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Iron Age to Early Saxon - 100 BC to 600 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 100 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 70 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 70 AD)
FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
WEIGHT (Roman to 18th Century - 43 AD to 1800 AD)
COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 402 AD)
COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 402 AD)
COIN (Roman - 407 AD to 408 AD)
STRAP END (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1100 AD)
MOUNT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1450 AD)
COIN (Late Saxon - 979 AD to 985 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1117 AD to 1117 AD)
AMPULLA (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1350 AD)
AMPULLA (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1500 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1450 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1158 AD to 1180 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1189 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1247 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1185 AD to 1189 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
SCABBARD (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1203 AD to 1204 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1247 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1247 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1207 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1210 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1217 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1350 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1275 AD)
MOUNT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
SPOON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1650 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1312 AD to 1314 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 17th Century - 1350 AD to 1700 AD)
BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1469 AD to 1504 AD)
DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1625 AD)
SWORD BELT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
TAG (16th Century to 18th Century - 1550 AD to 1800 AD)
POWDER MEASURE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
WHISTLE (17th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1700 AD to 1950 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 4 2026 2:20PM