Record Details

NHER Number:30204
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Bronze Age, Roman to Middle Saxon and medieval to post-medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1993 and 2017 recovered Roman pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval to post-medieval jettons; post-medieval tokens and undated, Late Bronze Age, Roman, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include undated casting waste; a Late Bronze Age awl; Roman furniture and strap fittings; an Early Saxon brooch, girdle hanger and strap fitting; a Middle Saxon pin; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval jetton made into a brooch; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy ring and a post-medieval fragment of spur side, strap fitting, gilded silver unidentified object, furniture fitting, thimble and cloth seal.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TM19NE
Parish:BRACON ASH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1993. Metal detecting finds. [1].
7 3rd/4th century coins.
See list in file.
Identified J. Davies (NCM) 25 February 1993.
W. Milligan (NCM) 23 February 1993.

January-February 2004. Metal detecting.
4 Roman, 1 medieval, 1 medieval/Post medieval and 3 post medieval coins.
Medieval jetton made into brooch.
Late Bronze Age awl, (S2).
Roman, Early Saxon, medieval, post medieval and undatable metal objects.
Roman sherds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 March 2004.

September 2011. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field H1.
Two Roman, six medieval and five post-medieval coins, one post-medieval token and two jettons, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists and (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 2 March 2012.

October 2012-January 2013. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin and a possible furniture mount.
2 post-medieval jettons.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 11 November 2013.

March-April 2016. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field RG4. [3].
Middle Saxon pin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 June 2016.

March-April 2017. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field RG4. [4].
Post-medieval gilded silver object, possibly a decorative plaque.
Information from PAS import.
The post-medieval silver unidentified object was disclaimed as Treasure (Ref: 2017 T325) and returned to the finder.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 October 2017.

July-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 Roman coin.
1 post-medieval coin and a jetton.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 October 2017.

March 2020. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field RG4. [6].
INDSE21042021HG - PAS details to follow.
A. Beckham (HES), 28 January 2022.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 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

  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • AWL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • MOUNT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 238 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD? to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 351 AD to 355 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 730 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)
  • JETTON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1203 AD to 1205 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1217 AD to 1222 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1247 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1289 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD? to 1310 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1320 AD? to 1333 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1584 AD)
  • BROOCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1582 AD to 1582 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1606 AD to 1606 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1643 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1643 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1644 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1657 AD to 1657 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: S. Elden. 2011. Elden Tours Finder's Map.
<S2>Illustration: Ashley, S.. 2004. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age awl.. Film. 1:1.

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