Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32216 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic flint axehead and multi-period metal objects |
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Summary
A wide range of multi-period objects and coins including a Mesolithic tranchet axe, a Late Saxon openwork strap end, a Roman furniture fitting, a medieval book clasp and two post medieval tokens recovered by metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 24 14 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SW |
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| Parish: | SPIXWORTH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1996. Metal-detecting.
Finder's Field 38. Found at Context 1 ([1]):
1 Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead. See drawing (S2).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM). See description in file.
W. Milligan (NCM) 17 October 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2014.
August 1997. Metal detector find by Tivetshall Club.
One Roman coin.
See form in file.
Late Saxon openwork strap end (S3).
Medieval bronze book clasp.
Post medieval coins and metalwork.
See lists in file.
D. Gurney (NLA) 19 August 1997.
August 1997. Further metal detector finds.
Three Roman coins.
One medieval coin.
See coin forms in file.
Medieval and post medieval metalwork.
See list in file.
D. Gurney (NLA) 29 August 1997.
1996. Metal detector finds.
Two Roman coins.
Two post medieval tokens.
See lists in file. Identifications by J. Davies (NCM) 18 February 1997.
W. Milligan (NCM) 21 February 1997.
November/December 1998. Metal detecting.
[3] found a Roman furniture fitting.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 7 July 1999.
Before 15 September 2008. Metal Detecting
1 Roman, 3 medieval and 2 post- medieval coins, medieval harness mount and harness pendant.
See list in file
A. Rogerson (NLA) 16 December 2008
26 October 2009. Metal detecting.
1 medieval penny.
See list in file.
A. Marsden (NLA), 25 February 2010.
Before 2 February 2011. Metal-detecting.
One Roman coin.
See lists in file.
A. Marsden (HES), 15 June 2011.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 161 AD to 192 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BULL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STAMP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Robins, P. 1996. Drawing of a Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead from Spixworth. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Holness, A.. 1997. Drawing of a Late Saxon openwork strap end.. Paper. 1:1. |
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