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Record Details

NHER Number:23698
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting and field walking since 1987 has recovered a prehistoric worked flint; Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon and post-medieval pottery sherds; a post-medieval gun flint; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton and token and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Bronze Age copper alloy toggle; a Roman brooch and part of an armlet; an Early Saxon brooch and sleeve clasp; a Middle Saxon brooch, book fitting, reliquary and harness and strap fittings; Late Saxon furniture fitting, strap-end, copper alloy ingot and a bridle bit; medieval dress accessories, weights, a ferrule, spindle whorl, padlock, a key and a rowel spur; medieval/post-medieval metalworking debris, part of a chafing dish and a buckle and post-medieval dress accessories, coin weights, a thimble, furniture fittings and copper alloy vessel fragments.

Images

  • A medieval horse harness pendant decorated with red enamel found in Tacolneston. © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service

Location

Grid Reference:TM 14 95
Map Sheet:TM19NW
Parish:TACOLNESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

February 1987. Found in fieldwalking.
Worked flint.
Roman greyware.
Medieval unglazed sherds; Thetford type rim sherd.
Post medieval bronze decorated shoe buckle, gun flint, clay pipe bowl (18th century), buttons including one lead.
Information from [1].
W. Milligan (NCM), 18 March 1987.

August-September 2002. Metal detecting.
Site extended to west, original NGR is [2].
Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon and medieval sherds.
4 Roman, 5 medieval and 5 post medieval coins.
Late Bronze Age toggle (S1).
Roman, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon (S2 and S3), Middle/Late Saxon (S4), medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 October 2002.

September-October 2002. Metal detecting.
Medieval belt mount.
Post medieval coin weight.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 November 2002.

October-November 2002. Metal detecting.
8 Roman, 3 medieval and 7 post medieval coins.
Roman, Early Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal finds.
Roman, Late Saxon and medieval sherds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 December 2002.

January-February 2004. Metal detecting.
Roman, ?Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 March 2004.

February-March 2005. Metal detecting.
Post medieval hooked tag.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 April 2005.

September-October 2005. Metal detecting.
1 Roman and 2 post medieval coins.
Late Saxon sherd.
Middle Saxon, Late Saxon (S5 and S6), medieval, post medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 November 2005.p

October 2012. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field RP1. [3].
Site extended northwards to the area surrounding NHER 9941.
Medieval buckle frame with iron pin, domed thimble and copper alloy seal matrix.
Post-medieval buckle frames, a shoe buckle, stud, fragment of barrel tap and a thimble.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 January 2013.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • TOGGLE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • ARMLET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • RELIQUARY (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BRIDLE BIT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • INGOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FERRULE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PADLOCK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PENDANT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SIEVE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TAP (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (12th Century to 14th Century - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (13th Century to 14th Century - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (14th Century to 15th Century - 1400 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (15th Century to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FERRULE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TRIAL PIECE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STUD (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • TAP (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
  • THIMBLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1750 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Photograph: 2002. KTL 11-13, Early Saxon ansate brooch..
---Photograph: 2002. KTL 14, Early Saxon small long brooch..
---Photograph: 2002. KTL 15-16, Middle Saxon strap end..
---Photograph: 2002. KTL 26-27, Viking mount..
---Photograph: 2002. KTL 27, Early Saxon gilt fragment..
---Photograph: 2002. KTL 29-30, Middle Saxon strap end..
---Photograph: 2002. KTN 1, Early Saxon brooch fragment..
---Photograph: 2002. KTN 2, Early Saxon wrist clasp fragment..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Hinds, K.. 2002. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy toggle.. Film. 1:1.
<S2>Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of Middle Saxon copper alloy gilt mount fron a strap/harness.. Film. 2:1.
<S3>Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of a Middle Saxon copper alloy gilt mount fragment.. Film. 2:1.
<S4>Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of a Middle/Late Saxon copper alloy strap end.. Film. 2:1.
<S5>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of a Late Saxon cheek-piece fragment.. Film. 2:1.
<S6>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of a Late Saxon harness cheek-piece.. Film. 2:1.

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