Record Details

NHER Number:25677
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period findspot

Summary

Metal-detecting in 1989 recovered an extremely rare medieval coin, a halfpenny of Henry I (1100 to 1135). Fieldwalking in 1992 recovered prehistoric worked flints. Metal-detecting in 2010 recovered post-medieval jettons, a prehistoric flint flake, Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval pot sherds, Early Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-med metal objects including a fragment of Early Saxon long-brooch, medieval writing leads and a post-medieval pipe tamper.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 23 92
Map Sheet:TM29SW
Parish:HEMPNALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Late 1989. Metal-detecting. Halfpenny of Henry I. Round halfpenny, not cut. Extremely rare coin. In file is identification by Fitzwilliam Museum. See 1:2500 map in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 January 1990.

1992. Evaluation in advance of proposed haul road. Fieldwalking.
Flints.
See report in file under NHER 29407.
E. Rose (NAU), 11 February 1993.

Before 20 October 2010. Metal-detecting.
Prehistoric flint flake, Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval pot sherds, Early Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects and three post-medieval jettons.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 1 March 2011.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 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

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • LONG BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STYLUS (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PIPE TAMPER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SCISSORS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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