Record Details

NHER Number:29419
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Iron Age to Early Saxon and medieval to post-medieval finds

Summary

Sporadic metal-detecting between 1993 and 2015 recovered Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton and Roman, Early Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. These include Late Iron Age/Roman, Roman and Early Saxon brooches; a Early/Middle Saxon hanging bowl escutcheon; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval pot mend; a medieval/post-medieval lead weight and copper alloy vessel leg and a post-medieval furniture mount.

Images - none

Location

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

Full description

1993. Metal detecting finds. [1].
Roman, medieval, post medieval coins.
Roman, Early Saxon, medieval and post medieval finds of metalwork.
Lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 February 1993.

January - February 2008. Metal detecting.
One medieval coin (Stephen, 1136-1145).
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 March 2008.

February - March 2008. Metal-detecting.
1 Early/Middle Saxon hanging bowl escutcheon.
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 April 2008.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 26 February 2014.

July-September 2015. Metal-detecting. Site extended to whole field. [2].
Late Iron Age/Roman brooch.
1 medieval coin, buckles and a strap loop.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel leg.
1 post-medieval jetton and a button.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 October 2015.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 medieval coin, a pot mend, buckle and a strap-end.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
Post-medieval small furniture mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 November 2015.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 410 AD to 850 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

  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 10 AD to 60 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • HANGING BOWL (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 411 AD to 850 AD)
  • HARNESS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DAGGER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1335 AD to 1343 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1354 AD to 1355 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • JETTON (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1670 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1730 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

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

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