Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31813 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period metal finds |
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Summary
Metal-detecting in 1996 and 1997 recovered an Early Bronze Age copper alloy axehead, an Iron Age brooch, Roman coins, a brooch, pin and key, medieval and post-medieval coins and a medieval buckle, lead weight and swivel. Metal-detecting and fieldwalking in 2010 recovered a possible Romano-British coin hoard, a medieval copper alloy harness pendant, Iron Age, Romano-British and post-medieval pottery. Cropmarks on aerial photographs (NHER 30305) show a possible ring ditch and rectangular enclsoure in the north of this area which may be associated with these finds.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TG02SE |
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| Parish: | SPARHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 1996. Metal-detecting. [1].
Three Roman coins (including one denarius). See list in file.
One medieval and one post-medieval coin.
Circular lead weight, 13mm diameter, 3.12g. ?Date.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 March 1996.
February 1996. Metal-detecting. [2].
Early 13th century buckle, trapezoidal frame with outer edge set at right angles to pin decorated with five 'X's separated by vertical lines. Folded sheet plate with central panel of ?centaur with two legs visible backward turning face and tendrilled tail, two bronze rivets. Stubby pin with transverse cordon next to wide loop. Photograph.
Medieval lead weight, discoidal, diameter 27mm, thickness, 8mm weight, 38g. Six-pointed star in relief lines on one face.
Simple double-looped medieval swivel, gilded. Diameters each about 13mm, ?for a hawk.
?Spacer bead formed of thick strip folded into circle, diameter 8.5mm, length 7.5mm, ?date.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA) with S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 April 1996.
January 1997. Metal-detecting. Area of site extended west and south. [1].
Iron Age brooch.
Roman brooch, pin, key.
Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins.
See lists in file.
At grid reference [3]:
Early Bronze Age flanged axe.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 22 February 1997.
25-26 August 2010. Field 20. Metal-detecting.
Roman coin hoard consisting of 8 coins, found dispersed over a small area.
1 medieval harness pendant.
See list in file.
The coin hoard was submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2010 T763), declared Treasure at inquest on 22 April 2013 and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (accession number awaited). See report in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 10 December 2010 and E. Darch (HES), 14 February, 23 April and 14 November 2013. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 May 2020.
26 August 2010. Field 20. Fieldwalking.
Collected non-systematically over area of c.50m x 50m in which coins had been recovered:
1 Iron Age pottery sherd.
33 Roman pottery sherds (all greyware, mostly very abraded).
1 post-medieval pot sherd.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 1 February 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 May 2020.
February 2013.
February 2013.
Cropmarks on aerial photographs (NHER 30305 (S1)) show a possible ring ditch and rectangular enclsoure in the north of this area which may be associated with these finds.
K. Powell (HES), 27 February 2013.
August 2015. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 27.
Finds recorded by HES on the PAS database [5]:
DT082015 - PAS details to follow.
Information from PAS import.
Finds recorded by Discovery Tours, I. Riddler or A. Marsden:
Details to follow.
Also see (S2) for details of low grade material recovered from this field and Discovery Tours field 26.
A. Beckham (HES), 30 September 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BEAD (Undated)
- WEIGHT (Undated)
- FLANGED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN HOARD (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)
- COIN (Roman - 196 AD to 211 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 218 AD to 222 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 220 AD to 220 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 222 AD to 222 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Roman - 230 AD to 245 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 231 AD to 250 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Publication: British Museum. 2012. Treasure Act Annual Report 2010. p xviii. |
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 27-FEB-2013. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Discovery Tours. 2015. Discovery Tours Low Grade Material Record Sheet. Fields 26 and 27. |
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