Record Details

NHER Number:11535
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman, medieval and post-medieval finds

Summary

Medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds were found as stray finds 1976, while metal-detecting in 2015 and 2017 recovered a Neolithic/Bronze Age core; Roman and medieval coins; a medieval jetton; and Roman, and Middle Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman finger ring, a Middle Saxon to medieval hooked tag; a medieval buckle and a post-medieval coin weight.

Images

  • Iron Age dagger fitting from NHER 11535  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:TM 38 92
Map Sheet:TM39SE
Parish:GELDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
KIRBY CANE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1976. On field surface among sugar beet. [1].
Medieval unglazed sherd and post medieval stoneware, Staffordshire. Comb slipped ware, and lead glazed ware.

February-March 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
Post-medieval coin weight. This object was previously recorded under NHER 60378.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 April 2014.

January/Before 18 October 2016. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [4].
Neolithic/Bronze Age core.
1 Roman coin and a finger ring.
1 medieval jetton.
IND25102016E14451 - Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 10 November 2016.

April 2016. Metal-detecting. [3].
2 Roman coins.
2 medieval coins and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 May 2017.

November 2017. Metal-detecting. [3].
Middle Saxon to medieval hooked tag.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 January 2018.

(S1) - PAS details to follow.
E. McDonald (HES), 23 September 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 651 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • CORE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 125 AD to 128 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 200 AD to 300 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 293 AD to 296 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 800 AD to 1100 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1210 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1282 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1343 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2017. Drawing of an Early to Middle Iron Age dagger fitting. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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