Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28744 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age, Roman and Middle Saxon to post-medieval finds |
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Summary
Fieldwalking and metal-detecting between 1991 and 2015 recovered Iron Age, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; medieval roof tile fragments; Iron Age, Roman and medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval tokens; post-medieval jettons and Roman and Middle Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include Roman brooches, bracelet fragments, tweezers, a cosmetic mortar and a finger ring; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a Middle Saxon strap-end with ring-and-dot decoration; a Late Saxon strap fitting, brooch and spindle whorl; a Late Saxon/medieval zoomorphic stirrup terminal; a medieval harness pendant, ampulla, rotary key, finial from a staff terminal, ferrule, nail, mirror case and a lead coin die; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy rings and a scale-tang knife end cap and post-medieval harness mounts, a cloth seal, furniture fitting and purse fragment.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NE |
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| Parish: | WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1991. Restricted area of field metal detector. Context 2.
Identifications by S. Margeson (NCM).
Medieval bronze openwork chape with knob terminal.
Medieval gilt bronze strap end buckle, pierced lobed terminal, hole midway for tongue, rectangular loop.
Medieval gilt buckle-plate, small. Two rivets and rocker arm decoration. 13th century buckle frame, with ribbed rectangular tongue-rest. Bronze.
14th century bronze buckle plate, scalloped edge at open end, and lightly incised decoration on front in two panels with double contoured borders, and a leaf scroll in one panel on a cross-hatched ground.
Piece of lead struck with obverse die of penny of Stephen on one side and with reverse die on other (found by [1]).
Description by [3] in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 19 December 1991.
January 1995.
Three Roman coins, medieval coin.
Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 9 May 1995.
May 1995. Metal detector finds.
Iron Age, Roman, medieval coins, post medieval jettons and tokens.
Late Saxon, medieval, post medieval metalwork. See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 1 Sept 1995.
November 1995. Fieldwalking survey by [4]. Survey field 2.
Iron Age, Late Saxon, medieval, post medieval sherds.
See full details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 22 July 1996.
Medieval openwork chape found in 1991 [on description field] is finial of staff terminal.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 July 2008.
Probable site of Late Saxon and medieval settlement.
See (S1).
D. Robertson (NLA), 28 July 2008.
Before 7 July 2008. Metal Detecting
5 Roman and 4 Medieval coins, Roman, Medieval and Post- Medieval metal objects
see list in file
A Rogerson (NLA) 17 November 2008
July-December 2014. Metal-detecting. [5].
Finds recorded on the PAS database:
Roman brooches, bracelet fragments, tweezers and a finger ring.
Late Saxon brooch.
Late Saxon/medieval zoomorphic stirrup terminal.
Medieval buckles, strap-ends, strap fittings, a mount, harness pendant, a rotary key, strap loop, ampulla and a strap mount.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy rings, a hooked tag and a scale-tang knife end cap.
Post-medieval harness mounts, a buckle and an eye-plate from a hooked clasp.
Finds identified by HES but not recorded on the PAS:
14 Roman coins.
3 medieval coins.
3 post-medieval jettons.
A. Beckham (HES), 25 February 2015.
(S2) - PAS details to follow.
E. McDonald (HES), 26 November 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COSMETIC MORTAR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BRACELET (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 200 AD to 399 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 200 AD to 399 AD)
- FINGER RING (Roman - 200 AD to 300 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
- STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DRESS COMPONENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FERRULE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MIRROR CASE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MODEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- NAIL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STAFF (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1400 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
- AMPULLA (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1530 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
- RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1539 AD)
- DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
- KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
- BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1650 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRESS COMPONENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Photograph: 1995. LCN 1-2, Iron Age stater.. |
| --- | Photograph: 1995. LCQ 30-31, Late Saxon hooked belt fitting.. |
| --- | Photograph: 1995. LCY 6-7, Middle Saxon strap-end.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Davison, A. 2003. The Archaeology of the Parish of West Acre. Part 1: Field Survey Evidence. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 202-221. pp 213-216. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2017. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age awl. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1. |
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