Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28718 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric flints, multi-period metal objects and pottery sherds |
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Summary
Metal detecting between 1991 and 2003 recovered a number of prehistoric to post medieval objects, including an Early Bronze Age flat axehead and a 15th century silver oval seal matrix.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | SWARDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1991. Metal detector finds.
Early Bronze Age flat axehead. See drawing (S1).
Medieval bronze book clasp.
?bell.
Polaroids (S2) in file.
15th century silver oval seal matrix with loop on reverse at top, decorated below with cast relief fan-shaped leaf. Inscription *:EEV:ME:TVNTE: leaf scroll fills up rest of space. Motif a tree with a bird and three pellets at top.
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 11 October 1991.
November 2001.
Potboilers and crazed flints reported somewhere in this area.
Information through H. Paterson (A&E).
D. Gurney (NLA), 21 January 2002.
2004. Metal detecting.
Seven Roman, one Middle Saxon, one medieval and four post medieval coins.
Other medieval and post medieval numismatica.
Medieval, post medieval and undatable metal finds.
See lists and maps in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 January 2005.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BELL (Undated)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
- WEIGHT (Unknown date)
- BORER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- KNIFE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FLAT AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUTTON (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)
- CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- NAIL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SCISSORS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WEATHER VANE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Robins, P. 1991. Drawing of an Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
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