Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30562 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in this area here between 1994 and 2017 recovered a Mesolithic/Early Neolithic flint tranchet axehead; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and a number of other metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman brooch; a medieval horse-harness fragment; a medieval/post-medieval coin weight, chafing dish and possible cauldron fragments and a post-medieval strap end and tap fragment.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 23 28 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22NW |
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| Parish: | FELMINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Large scatter including NHER 7533, 12934.
March 1994. Metal detecting. [1].
Two Roman coins. See form in file.
D. Gurney (NLA).
January 1998. Metal detecting. [1].
One Roman coin. See form in file.
Also British coin weight, bronze, square, for an Angel. 4.66g, 15th/16th century.
Identifed by J. Davies (NCM).
D. Gurney (NLA), 15 April 1998.
Before 3 January 2002. Metal detecting. In corner of field, finder's area named 'Ditches Hill'.
Area extended to centre [2]. Now includes NHER 7554.
Late medieval/early post medieval rims of chafing dish and vessel, probably a cauldron.
Post medieval strap end.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 August 2002.
March-April 2004. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic ?unfinished flint tranchet axehead.
7 Roman coins.
1 medieval horse-harness pendant.
1 post-medieval tap fragment.
Flint axehead identified by P. Robins (NCM), coins by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 May 2004. Updated by J. Page (HES), 5 February 2014.
October-November 2004. Metal-detecting in area with 50m radius centred at [3].
3 medieval coins.
1 post-medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 December 2004.
2009. Metal detecting.
Roman plate brooch.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 January 2010.
December 2016. Metal-detecting. [5].
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. [4].
A. Beckham (HES), 15 March 2017. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 3 August 2017.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PLATE BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CAULDRON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TAP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2005. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk in 2004. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt IV pp 736-750. p 738. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records
| 7533 | Parent of: Roman bronze hoard (Monument) |
| 12934 | Parent of: Roman coin, brooch and casket handle (Find Spot) |