Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15663 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval finds |
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Summary
Metal- detecting and fieldwalking between 2000 and 2014 recovered Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherds; medieval and post-medieval coins; post-medieval jettons and undated and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include undated metalworking debris; a Late Saxon finger ring; medieval dress accessories, an ampulla, balance, part of a cauldron and a weight and a post-medieval keyhole escutcheon plate from a piece of furniture.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 70 21 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72SW |
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| Parish: | GRIMSTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January 1980. Found on small area of raised ground. Ground only slightly raised. See Notes.
Large number of pottery wasters including Saxo-Norman ware with applied thumb impressed decoration, cooking pots etc.
Found by R. Trett (KLM).
R. Trett (KLM) January 1980.
October 2000 or earlier. Metal detecting.
2 medieval and 1 post medieval coin.
Late Saxon, medieval and Undatable metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 30 November 2000.
March 2001. Metal detecting.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 May 2001.
April 2001. Metal detecting.
Post medieval unidentified object.
See file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 may 2001.
October-November 2009. Metal detecting.
A medieval belt mount and incomplete forks from a balance.
See lists in file.
E. Darch (NLA), 8 April 2010.
September-October 2013. Metal-detecting. Site extended to whole field. [2].
1 medieval coin and a buckle.
2 post-medieval jettons.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 11 November 2013.
November-December 2014. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 medieval coin and a buckle.
Post-medieval keyhole escutcheon plate from a piece of furniture.
Object information from PAS import. See coin sheet in file.
A. Beckham (HES), 8 January 2015. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 6 December 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- FINGER RING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BALANCE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DAGGER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1218 AD to 1222 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1236 AD to 1242 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1375 AD to 1425 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
- JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (17th Century to 18th Century - 1680 AD to 1720 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
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