Record Details

NHER Number:30194
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman and medieval metal objects

Summary

Metal detecting between 1993 and 2017 medieval coins, medieval and post-medieval jettons, post-medieval tokens, and Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman brooch; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval harness, vessel fragment, and harness pendant; post-medieval weight and a powder measure.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 21 91
Map Sheet:TM29SW
Parish:SHELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1993. Metal detector finds. Westnorthwest of St Mary's Church. [1]
Roman rear hook brooch, dated to around 40 to 65 AD.
Crossbow brooch knob, possibly 300 to 350 AD.
Identified by D. Mackreth March 1993.
Medieval cast bronze rim of vessel.
Medieval harness pendant, eight lobes (central one at top with pierced suspension lobes).
Medieval gilded bronze moulded loop (broken) perhaps pendant from belt? Transverse ogee mouldings at regular intervals.
Polaroids in file (S1).
Compiled W. Milligan (NCM), 23 February 1993.

March-April 2017. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
6 medieval coins, 1 jetton and a harness pendant.
Medieval/post-medieval buckles and a button.
2 post-medieval jettons, 2 tokens, a weight and a powder measure.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 May 2017. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 6 June 2017.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 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 (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1175 AD to 1300 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1213 AD to 1215 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1413 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1461 AD to 1483 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1466 AD to 1467 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • POWDER MEASURE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1660 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1662 AD to 1662 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1668 AD to 1668 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---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.

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