Record Details

NHER Number:29168
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period metal finds

Summary

Metal detecting from 1992 to 2004 recovered a range of objects, including a late Bronze Age copper alloy awl. An Iron Age harness mount, Roman, medieval and post medieval coins, Roman brooches, a pin and a finger ring, a Middle Saxon pin, medieval buckles, brooches and a gilded enamelled horse harness pendant and a post medieval buckle and hooked tag.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG14SW
Parish:WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

March 1992. Metal detecting.
Twenty nine Roman coins, eight Roman brooches (See lists in file).
Roman discoidal stud, Roman bronze pin and Roman cosmetic palette.
(See list in file) Polaroids (S1) NCM.
Three medieval coins (see list in file). (Identified by J. Davies (NCM))
Medieval buckle.
13th century belt stiffener.
Gilded medieval ring brooch.
Two medieval strap end buckles.
Medieval rim of bronze vessel.
Early post medieval hooked tag.
Polaroids (S1) NCM.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
J. Davies (NCM), 18 May 1992

May 1992. Metal detecting.
Medieval and post medieval coins (see list in file)
Charles I coin weight (Both identified by J. Davies (NCM))
Forked buckle plate, decorated with leaf scrolls. 12th century
Polaroid (S1) NCM
14th century ring brooch
Gilded medieval copper alloy buckle plate
Medieval buckle with buckle plate fragment
Medieval copper alloy sheet chape
All Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
J. Davies (NCM), 25 June 1992

March/April 1993. Metal detecting.
Two Dolphin type brooches. Central rib along length of bow. 1st century. Bow and one wing only surviving. 1st century.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 June 1993.

April/May 1993. Metal detecting.
Two medieval coins. See list in file.
14th century strap end with thin wire looped through rivet holes at split end. Neat rocker-arm decoration on front plate and trefoil terminal. Made of two plates.
Lovely 15th century harness pendant, circular with seven projecting trefoil lobes (two broken off) and a fleur-de-lis suspension loop; stud at base gilded and enamelled (red), with mythological animal in foliage.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 July 1993.

Before 27 September 1993. Metal detecting.
Twelve Roman coins. See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 November 1993.

October 1993. Metal detecting.
Late Bronze Age awl, 1100-800 BC, (S2).
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 December 1993.

October/November 1995. Metal detecting.
13th century belt stiffener, cast bronze, convex boss and cross-hatching and two rectangular loops with rivet holes (one with rivet).
Medieval square ?belt mount, convex, central circular hole, rivet hole in each corner.
Medieval belt mount, convex, rectangular, repousse pellet decoration, two rivet holes (one with rivet).
Medieval quatrefoil, non-heraldic harness pendant, with enamelled rosette in each foil. Broken loop.
Domed early post medieval harness mount with central hole.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
Seven Roman coins. See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 April 1996.

Before 3 September 2004. Metal detecting.
Twenty five Roman coins in two areas.
Iron Age (S3), Roman, Middle Saxon, medieval, post medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 December 2004.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • 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

  • INGOT (Unknown date)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
  • RING (Unknown date)
  • AWL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PALETTE (COSMETIC) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DRESS COMPONENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPOON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2006. Treasure Annual Report 2004. p 144; No 327; Fig 327.
---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S2>Illustration: Davies, J. A.. Unknown. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age awl.. Film. 1:1.
<S3>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2004. Drawing of an Iron Age harness mount.. Film. 2:1.

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