Record Details

NHER Number:24043
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman and medieval to post medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting in the 1980s recovered Roman and medieval pottery sherds; a Roman coin; a post-medieval token and Roman and medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman steelyard weight and a medieval buckle and lead weight.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 15 05
Map Sheet:TG10NE
Parish:HETHERSETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1 September 1987. Found with metal-detector. [1].
Medieval copper alloy buckle, pin missing, 13th century. See (S1).
Medieval lead weight?
Medieval sherd.
Post medieval copper alloy disc or token with '51' on it.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM)
W. Milligan (NCM), 2 September 1987.

1987. Addenda. [1].
Roman greyware sherd.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
W. Milligan (NCM), 29 September 1987.

28 November 1989. Found with metal-detector. [1].
Sestertius of Hadrian 117 to 138.
Lead steelyard weight, barrel shaped.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
W. Milligan (NCM), 6 January 1989.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DISC (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (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.

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