Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31165 |
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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 1995 and 2012 recovered three post-medieval silver coins that were possibly part of a small hoard; medieval and post-medieval tokens; post-medieval jettons and Iron Age to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Bronze Age awl; Iron Age, Late Iron Age/Roman, Roman, Early Saxon and medieval brooches; a Roman furniture fitting, seal box lid, hair pin, nail, part of a spoon and a nail cleaner; an Early Saxon buckle; a Late Saxon strap-end, medieval dress accessories, a harness mount, seal matrix, key and strap fitting; a medieval/post-medieval hooked tag and post-medieval dress accessories, thimbles, a strap fitting and a sword belt fitting. In addition, fieldwalking on the site in 1997 retrieved fragments of medieval roof tile and sherds of Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NE |
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| Parish: | WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
20 March 1995. Metal detector find.
Two post medieval buckle plates.
Roman brooch. Trumpet, spring and pin missing. Large perforation through single lug, and slot below. The mid-bow moulding is akin to that on Hattatt 332, the Kraftig Profilierte or 'strongly profiled type', the progenitor of the Trumpet. Transverse grooves on and flanking the mid-bow moulding and above the foot knob. 1st century AD.
Identified by D. Gurney (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 28 April 1995.
May 1995. Metal detector finds.
Context 2 at [1].
Roman coins.
Medieval and post medieval jettons.
Roman spoon.
Medieval and post medieval finds.
Context 3 at [2].
Early Saxon brooch.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 1 Sept 1995.
6 May 1997. Fieldwalking finds - finder's field 55 - Context 4 whole field.
Roman, Iron Age, Early Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval, post medieval sherds.
Medieval roofing tile.
See full list and plans in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 11 July 1997.
Before 4 April 2000. Metal detecting.
Three post medieval silver coins (Charles I) found close together at [3].
Possible small hoard, to be considered as Treasure.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 29 April 2000.
To be disclaimed.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 10 July 2000.
Before 15 April 2005. Metal detecting.
Eight Roman, eight medieval and seven post medieval coins.
Two post medieval jettons.
Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon (S1), medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 21 June 2005.
8 October 2012. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl (S2).
Late Iron Age/Roman Nauheim Derivative or La Tène III brooch.
Roman furniture fitting and seal box lid.
Late Saxon strap-end.
Medieval casket key, buckle frame and a strap fitting in the form of a crowned king's head.
Medieval/post-medieval hooked tag.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 December 2012.
(S3) - PAS details to follow
J. Richards (HES),12 June 2017.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 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
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- AWL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 1 AD to 85 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL CLEANER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SPOON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SEAL BOX (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BUCKLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- STRAP END (Late Saxon - 950 AD to 1050 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1350 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
- DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1625 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)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SWORD BELT (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
| --- | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2001. Treasure Annual Report 2000. pp 131-132; No 290. |
| --- | Photograph: 1995. LCQ 32-33, Early Saxon cruciform brooch.. |
| --- | Photograph: 1995. LDA 26-27, Early Saxon cruciform brooch.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of an Early Saxon buckle.. Film. 2:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2013. Drawing of a Bronze Age awl fragment.. Film. 1:1. |
| <S3> | Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of Late Saxon strap end. Film. 2:1. |
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