Record Details

NHER Number:28374
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman, medieval and post-medieval finds

Summary

Fieldwalking between 1990 and 1991 recovered fragments of Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery, while metal-detecting in 2015 recovered a medieval coin and a medieval harness mount, mount, spindle whorl and balance pan.

Images

  • Medieval strap end from NHER 28374  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval mount from NHER 28374  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval harness pendant from NHER 28374  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:TG 02 08
Map Sheet:TG00NW
Parish:GARVESTONE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1990 to 1991. Fieldwalking. [1].
Finds from one area within field.
Four fragments of Roman greyware, and two scraps.
Ten medieval unglazed fragments.
Eight glazed Grimston fragments.
Two Late medieval Transitional fragments.
One Martincamp flask
One Glazed Red Earthenware fragment
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 March 1991.

January-February 2015. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 April 2014.

February-March 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval harness mount, mount, spindle whorl and balance pan.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 May 2015.

(S1) - PAS to follow.
J. Richards (HES), 28 July 2015.

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

  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (12th Century to 14th Century - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BALANCE (13th Century to 14th Century - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • MOUNT (13th Century to 14th Century - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (14th Century - 1306 AD to 1307 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (14th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of an incomplete medieval copper alloy one-piece hollow-cast trapezoidal socketed strap end. Film. 2:1.

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