Record Details

NHER Number:32100
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1999 and 2013 recovered Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval token and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman stud, brooch and part of a scabbard; an Early Saxon buckle; Middle Saxon and Late Saxon brooches; a Late Saxon/medieval bridle cheek piece; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories, a medieval brooch and a medieval/post-medieval book clasp.

Images

  • Medieval strap fitting from NHER 32100  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval strap fitting from NHER 32100  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TF72SW
Parish:GRIMSTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

September 1996. Metal detecting finds.
4 Roman coins.
See list in file.
Very long hooked book clasp (length 94mm) decorated with perforations and incised feathers at flared edge concentric
circles at midpoint and longitudinal groove near hook. 2 rivets survive and there is a third hole. Medieval or early post medieval.
Found at [1].
A. Rogerson (NLA) 4 November 1996.

October - November 1999. Metal detecting. Area [2].
2 Roman coins.
Medieval chape.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 30 November 1999.

April - May 2005. Metal detecting.
Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See list and (S1) and (S2) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 September 2005.

Before 25 January 2008.
Part of a Late Saxon disc brooch, (S3).
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 March 2008.

Before December 2011. Metal-detecting.
Ten medieval and one post-medieval coin, and one post-medieval token.
See lists in file.
A. Marsden (HES), 5 January 2012.

October-November 2012. Metal-detecting.
Four medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 December 2012.

September-October 2013. Metal-detecting. [3].
4 Roman coins, a brooch and a stud.
1 Late Saxon coin.
Late Saxon/medieval bridle cheek piece.
2 medieval coins, strap-ends, a brooch and a swivel from a leash.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 11 November 2013.

October-November 2013. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Roman coin.
5 medieval coins.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 December 2013.

November-December 2014. Metal-detecting. [5].
2 Roman coins.
6 medieval coins.
See coin sheets in file.
See also illustration (S4).
E. McDonald (HES), 9 December 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 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 (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 55 AD to 80 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD? to 286 AD?)
  • COIN (Roman - 323 AD to 326 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • COIN (Late Saxon - 991 AD to 997 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • COIN (Late Saxon - 1040 AD to 1042 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1083 AD to 1086 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1189 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1189 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1247 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1189 AD to 1190 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1203 AD to 1205 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1203 AD to 1210 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1203 AD to 1210 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1203 AD to 1216 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1222 AD to 1236 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1280 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1286 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1288 AD to 1292 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1306 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1306 AD to 1307 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1335 AD to 1343 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1413 AD to 1422 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1560 AD to 1561 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1570 AD to 1570 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
<S2>Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
<S3>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2008. Drawing of a Late Saxon lead disc brooch. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
<S4>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age sword blade fragment. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.

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