Record Details

NHER Number:29934
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds from Deopham Green field

Summary

Fieldwalking in 1993 recovered prehistoric flints and Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds, while metal-detecting between 2010 and 2015 recovered medieval and post-medieval coins; a medieval jetton and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Saxon brooch; a medieval buckle, harness mount and knife end-cap; medieval/post-medieval vessel fragments and a weight and post-medieval book mounts, a buckle, crotal bell, purse bar and lead weight.

Images

  • Late Saxon brooch from NHER 29934  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:TG 05 00
Map Sheet:TG00SE
Parish:MORLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Spring 1993. Fieldwalking finds. Two contexts, east and west, Context 1 and Context 2.
Flints.
Late Saxon, medieval, post-medieval and unidentified sherds.
For further details see report (S1) and detailed lists and site plans in file. The results of this survey are also noted in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 17 August 1993.

November-December 2010. Metal-detecting.
Post-medieval coin and metal objects.
See lists and annotated aerial photograph in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 15 January 2011.

March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
Medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects, medieval jetton and post-medieval coin.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 25 May 2011.

September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
1 post-medieval coin and a hooked sword belt mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2014.

October-November 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
Late Saxon brooch.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 8 January 2015.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 October 2016.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 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

  • POT (Unknown date)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (13th Century to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1509 AD to 1526 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1575 AD to 1575 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1594 AD to 1594 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Map: Finder's Map..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Davison, A.. 1994. Results of Fieldwalking around Morley Research Centre (Manor Farm).
<S2>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1994. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1993. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 115-123. pp 118-119.

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