Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23804 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman and medieval to post-medieval finds |
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Summary
Metal-detecting between 1987 and 2019 recovered Roman and medieval coins, as well as Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include Roman brooches, a strap fitting, lead weight, harness pendant, and a harness mount; a medieval buckle and harness mount; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring and fragment of candlestick and post-medieval buckles and a button.
Images
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 02 95 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM09NW |
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| Parish: | GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
6 April 1987. Metal detecting. Just west of parish boundary stream.[1].
Steelyard weight, lead including loop.
Identified by W. Milligan (NCM), 24 April 1987.
September 2013. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field G7. Site extended to northern portion of field. [2].
Finds recorded on the PAS database:
Medieval buckle and a harness mount (S1).
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring and a fragment of candlestick.
Post-medieval buckles and a button.
Information from PAS import.
Finds not identifed by HES or recorded on the PAS database:
1 medieval Robert the Bruce halfpenny.
A. Beckham (HES), 27 February 2014.
June-July 2019. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 Roman coin, brooches, a harness pendant, strap-slide or fitting, and a military harness pendant (S2).
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
- STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 69 AD to 79 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1354 AD to 1355 AD)
- CANDLESTICK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1630 AD)
- BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
- BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1700 AD)
- BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 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. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of incomplete medieval gilt copper alloy harness mount. Film. 2:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2019. Drawing of Roman military harness mount. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1. |
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