Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30821 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period finds |
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Summary
Metal-detecting between 1993 and 2012 recovered Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; a medieval floor tile; medieval and post-medieval coins and jettons; post-medieval tokens and Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval, post-medieval and undated metal objects. The metal finds include several Roman brooches; a pair of Middle Saxon tweezers; a Late Saxon brooch, strap-end and tweezers; medieval dress accessories, brooches, a finger-ring and a remarkable copper alloy mount depicting a mounted knight; post-medieval dress accessories, a thimble and Jew's harp and an undatable silver ingot and metal working debris.
Images
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 77 15 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NE |
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| Parish: | WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1993-94. East of track to Tumbleyhill. 2 areas overlapping.
Area [1], divided into two contexts, Context 1 and Context 2.
Area [2], including five individually located finds, Context 3.
Roman brooches and metalwork, coins.
Medieval, post-medieval metalwork and coins, silver ingot.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 23 August 1994.
May 1996. Fieldwalking survey by [3]. Survey field 18.
Context 4 - whole field. Also south end of NHER 31075 (finds not kept separate).
Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval sherds.
Medieval floor tile.
See full details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 22 July 1996.
1997-98. Metal detecting.
Roman, medieval and post medieval coins. See lists in file.
Medieval and post medieval jettons. See lists in file.
Roman brooch.
Middle Saxon brooches.
Late Saxon strap end.
Middle Saxon tweezers.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 21 December 1998.
Before 15 April 2005. Metal detecting at southern end of site.
Six medieval and three post medieval coins.
Two post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 21 June 2005.
Before 15 May 2012. Metal-detecting.
Six medieval coins, a remarkable medieval copper alloy mount depicting a mounted knight and a post-medieval dress fastener.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 29 June 2012.
(S1) - PAS details to follow.
A. Miller-Fik (HES), 4 September 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- INGOT (Undated)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BOWL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BOW BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- TWEEZERS (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- BOW BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- DRESS COMPONENT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- TWEEZERS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- JEWS HARP (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- LANTERN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STUD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STUD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRESS COMPONENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JEWS HARP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Map: Finder's Map.. |
| --- | Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101. |
| --- | Photograph: 1998. KSE 4, Middle Saxon disc brooch.. |
| --- | Photograph: 1998. KSE 3, Middle Saxon ansate brooch.. |
| --- | Photograph: 1998. KSE 2, Late Saxon strap end.. |
| --- | Photograph: 1998. KSE 1, Middle/Late Saxon tweezers.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: 1994. LEB 27-28, Romano British palera handle.. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2013. Drawing of a medieval knight mount.. Film. 2:1. |
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