Record Details

NHER Number:30124
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman, Early Saxon, medieval and post-medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting during 1993 and between 2003 and 2015 recovered Roman and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and Roman, Early Saxon, medieval and post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman cosmetic spoon, cosmetic set and a finger ring; a remarkable late 5th or early 6th century Frankish asymmetric brooch; a medieval casket fitting, thimble furniture fitting and buckle and a post-medieval key.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 68 01
Map Sheet:TF60SE
Parish:WEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

September 1993. Metal-detector finds. [2].
Seven Roman coins. See form in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
L. Brewster (KLM), 4 November 1993.

Before 5 November 2003. Metal-detecting.
Coin, Valens, AD 364-378 AD.
See note in file.
Identified by A. Marsden (NLA), 26 March 2004.
E. Darch (NLA), 10 May 2004.

January-February 2004. Metal-detecting at [1].
Three Roman coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 March 2004.

February-March 2005. Metal-detecting. Extended to whole field.
Remarkable late 5th or early 6th century Frankish asymmetric brooch, (S1).
One Roman, three medieval and three post-medieval coins.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 April 2005.

January-February 2005. Metal-detecting.
Medieval thimble.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 March 2005.

October-November 2007. Metal-detecting.
7 Roman and 2 post-medieval coins, Romano-British cosmetic spoon and post-medieval casket key.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 December 2007.

November-December 2007. Metal-detecting.
26 Roman and 1 post-medieval coin, Romano-British and post-medieval sherds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 January 2007.

June-July 2008. Metal-detecting.
2 Roman coins and a Romano British finger-ring.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 September 2008.

March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
Four Roman coins, a medieval mount or binding strip from a casket and a medieval buckle.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 3 May 2011.

November 2014-January 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 March 2015.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COSMETIC SET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COSMETIC SPOON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 271 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CASKET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of an Early Saxon incomplete gilt copper alloy asymmetric brooch.. Film. 2:1.

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