NHER 9924 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

A stray find of a Neolithic stone axehead was found in 1959, while metal-detecting between 2013 and 2018 recovered Late Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton and undated, Middle Bronze Age, Late Iron Age to Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an undated copper alloy ring; a Middle Bronze Age palstave and rapier fragment; a Late Iron Age/Roman linch pin; Roman brooches, vessel handle escutcheons, a copper alloy upholstery nail and furniture fitting; a medieval rotary key, casket key, buckle, harness pendant, copper guard from a dagger, spur buckle and pair of shears; a medieval/post-medieval candlestick fragment, thimble, and post-medieval buckles, a rotary key, coin weight, dish-support from chafing dish, button, crotal bell and harness mounts.

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Location

Map sheet	TM19NW
Civil Parish	WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1959. Wattlefield.
Stone axehead found in field. [1]
Petrology N77, Tuff. Compiled by T. Clough (NAU).
See (S1).
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).

September 2013. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field BR. Site extended to whole field. [2].
Finds recorded on the PAS database:
Undated copper alloy ring.
Late Iron Age/Roman linch pin (S2).
Roman brooches, a copper alloy upholstery nail, vessel handle escutcheon and a furniture fitting.
Medieval buckle and pair of shears.
Medieval/post-medieval candlestick fragment.
Post-medieval harness mounts, a buckle, crotal bell and dish-support from chafing dish.
Information from PAS import.
Finds identified by HES but not recorded on the PAS database:
4 Roman copper alloy coins.
6 medieval silver coins.
1 post-medieval silver coin and 1 copper alloy jetton.
See Resources for details.
The post-medieval dish-support from a chafing dish was initally identified as a medieval balance stirrup or fork.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 January 2014. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 May 2024.

August-November 2016. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field BR. [3].
Medieval rotary key.
Medieval/post-medieval thimble.
Post-medieval button.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 7 February 2017.

March 2017. Metal-detecting. [4]. Field BR. [4].
Late Iron Age coin. (Iceni wolf type).
Roman copper alloy shield-shaped vessel handle escutcheon.
1 medieval coin, a casket key, spur buckle, harness pendant, and copper guard from from a dagger.
Post-medieval rotary key, buckle and coin weight.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 6 June 2017.

November 2018. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field BR. [5].
Middle Bronze Age Group III rapier fragment (S3).
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 25 April 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 January 2019.

August-September 2025. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field 'Broom'. [6].
Middle Bronze palstave, complete appear from recent minor damage.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 February 2026.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Wymondham.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 19 NW 16.
--- SNF87124 Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 6.
<S1> SNF2471 Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155.
<S2> SNF93622 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of Late Iron Age to early Roman linch pin. Film. 2:1.
<S3> SNF100260 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2018. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age rapier fragment. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)

Object Types (36)

POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
RAPIER (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1251 BC)
LINCH PIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 100 AD)
COIN (Late Iron Age - 50 BC to 20 BC)
RING (Unknown date)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1135 AD to 1154 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1500 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
SHEARS (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
CANDLESTICK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
DAGGER (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1650 AD)
COIN (16th Century to 19th Century - 1539 AD to 1900 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
CHAFING DISH (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1650 AD)
JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN WEIGHT (17th Century - 1619 AD to 1657 AD)
BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1720 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2026 11:01PM