Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33660 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Find Spot |
|---|
| Name: | Multi-period metal objects, coins and pottery sherds |
|---|
Summary
Fieldwalking here during 1997 recovered sherds of Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery. Subsequent metal detecting in 1999 and 2005 retrieved a variety of objects including an Iron Age bridle bit, an Early Saxon brooch, a post medieval buckle and a medieval seal matrix.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TF71NE |
|---|
| Parish: | WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
6 October 1997. Finder's field 59. Fieldwalking finds.
Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Medieval roofing tile.
Flints.
See full details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) July 1998.
January 1999. Metal detecting.
Iron Age? Bridle bit.
Early Saxon brooch.
Post medieval buckle and medieval seal matrix.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 1 March 1999.
Before 4 November 2005. Metal detecting.
Three Roman and six medieval coins, three post medieval jettons.
Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 23 June 2006.
Before 11 February 2008. Metal detecting.
Roman brooch, key, harness mount, medieval book clasp (S1) and a post medieval silver bead.
See list in file
A. Rogerson, (NLA), 25 September 2009
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 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
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BRIDLE BIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL CLEANER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PAGE HOLDER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIN (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (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)
- STYLUS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TWEEZERS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- BEAD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (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. 2010. Treasure Act Annual Report 2008. p xxxiii. |
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Photograph: 1999. KSJ 13-14, Iron Age bridle bit.. |
| --- | Photograph: 1999. KSJ 12, Early Saxon foot of a small long brooch.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2008. Drawing of a medieval book clasp.. Film. 2:1. |
Related records - none
Find out more...