Record Details

NHER Number:31310
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1994 and 2012 has recovered a Late Saxon coin plus medieval and post medieval coins; a Roman amulet or charm shaped as a representation of a boar's tusk; a medieval ampulla, buckles, buckle plate, horse harness pendant and flower-shaped belt or harness strap as well as a medieval/post-medieval mount.

Images

  • Roman amulet from NHER 31310  © Norfolk County Council
  • Romano-British amulet from NHER 31310  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TM09NE
Parish:MORLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1994. Metal detecting finds.
Medieval penny and Elizabeth sixpence.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM) 29 November 1994.
See list in file.
2 medieval buckles, 1 belt or harness strap.
Lead pot mend.
Cast cauldron foot, miniature cauldron, ?pilgrim symbol?
Early post medieval buckle and 18th century padlock.
Details in file.
Late medieval/early post medieval sherd.
W. Milligan (NCM) 29 November 1994.

1996. Metal detecting finds.
Late Saxon Edward the Confessor coin.
Medieval Scottish coin.
See list in file.
Medieval lead ampulla, one side illegible, other shell motif.
Foot from copper alloy vessel.
?foot from copper alloy vessel.
Early post medieval solid globular button.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM) and H. Geake (A&E).
H. Geake (A&E) 21 November 1996.

1997 to 1998. Metal detecting.
Roman, medieval and post medieval metal finds.
Post medieval coins, token and jettons.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 24 March 2000.

1990s. Metal-detecting.
2 medieval buckles and 1 lead ?seal matrix.
1 ?medieval lead pot mend.
1 post-medieval horse harness stud, 1 button and 1 rotating bezel from seal ring.
See descriptions in file [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 5 September 2016.

August-September 2008. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval coin.
1 medieval/post-medieval vessel fragment (lower leg and foot).
Coin identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other object by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 October 2008.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 12 March 2014.

September-October 2011. Metal-detecting.
One medieval coin, medieval and medieval/post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 17 November 2011.

October-November 2011. Metal-detecting.
Roman boar’s tusk amulet (S1).
See description in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 2 December 2011.

March-April 2012. Metal-detecting.
Two medieval coins.
A. Marsden (HES), 13 July 2012.

Monument Types

  • 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

  • AMULET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CEREMONIAL OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PILGRIM BADGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • SEAL MATRIX? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1185 AD to 1200 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1203 AD to 1210 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1354 AD to 1355 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PADLOCK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2011. Drawing of an incomplete Roman copper alloy boar tusk amulet or charm.. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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