Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23248 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi period metal objects and pottery sherds |
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Summary
Metal detecting here in 1986-87 and 2001 recovered a large number of metalwork objects dating from the Bronze Age to post medieval period. The most interesting finds comprised a medieval Papal bull of Alexander IV, a medieval seal matrix with a bird motif, a Late Saxon disc brooch and a Roman brooch of the Colchester type.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22NE |
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| Parish: | SKEYTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1986-1987. Found with metal detector.
Much Roman, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon and medieval metalwork and coins, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon, Late Saxon sherds.
See drawings (S1)-(S4) and list and plots in file.
E. Rose (NAU) March 1991.
Before 12 September 2001. Metal detecting.
Papal bulla.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 20 December 2001.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 1000000 BC to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BULL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WRITING AND DRAWING EQUIPMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. ?1987. Drawing of a fragmentary Middle Saxon copper alloy equal arm brooch. Film. 2:1. |
| --- | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. ?1987. Drawing of a Middle Saxon copper alloy equal arm brooch. Film. 2:1. |
| --- | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. ?1987. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy 'Borre style' disc brooch. Film. 2:1. |
| --- | Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. ?1987. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy 'Borre style' disc brooch [reconstructed design]. Film. 2:1. |
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