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Record Details

NHER Number:33685
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Iron Age to post-medieval finds

Summary

Fieldwalking here in 1998 recovered Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds, while metal-detecting between 2001 and 2015 retrieved a further medieval pottery sherd; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and undated and Late Iron Age/Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include undated copper alloy rings; Late Iron Age/Roman brooches; Roman brooches, a finger ring, steelyard weight and a furniture fitting; an Early Saxon wrist clasp; a Middle Saxon pin; a Middle Saxon to medieval hooked tag; a Late Saxon/medieval bit link or harness link; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval brooches, a pendant weight and a pair of tweezers; a medieval/post-medieval buckle, "paper-clip" rivet, purse frame fragment and an unidentified copper alloy object and a post-medieval harness mount, collar stud and thimble.

Images

  • Drawing of a medieval buckle frame from NHER 33685 © Norfolk County Council
  • Drawing of a Middle Saxon to medieval hooked tag from NHER 33685 © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TF71NE
Parish:WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

17 April 1998. Finder's field 88. Fieldwalking finds. [1].
Iron Age, Roman, medieval, post medieval sherds.
See full details in file.
E. Rose (NLA) July 1998.

Before 3 December 2001. Metal detecting.
Find recorded on the PAS database [3]:
Silver medieval brooch to be considered for Treasure.
Information from PAS import.
Other finds identified by NLA:
Seventeen Roman coins.
Two medieval coins.
Five post medieval coins.
Roman, Early Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal objects.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 11 June 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 May 2020.

Before 4 November 2005. Metal detecting.
Medieval sherd.
Three Roman and one post medieval coins, post medieval jetton.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 23 June 2006.

September-December 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
Undated copper alloy rings.
Late Iron Age/Roman brooches.
Roman brooches, a finger ring and a furniture fitting.
Middle Saxon pin.
Middle Saxon/Late Saxon hooked tag.
Late Saxon/medieval bit link or harness link.
Medieval buckles, belt mounts, strap loops, a strap-end, brooch, hooked tag and a pair of tweezers.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle, "paper-clip" rivet, purse frame fragment and an unidentified copper alloy object.
Post-medieval harness mount, collar stud and thimble.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 March 2016.

(S1) - PAS details to follow.
E. McDonald (HES), 9 October 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 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

  • RING (Unknown date)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • DIVIDERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 150 AD to 250 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 730 AD to 1100 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 730 AD to 850 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • APOTHECARY WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • RIVET (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1330 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1630 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DIVIDERS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • THIMBLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STUD (17th Century - 1660 AD to 1700 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Robinson, J.P.. 2002. Treasure Report: Medieval Brooch Fragment..
---Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2002. Treasure Annual Report 2001. p 57; No 87; Fig 87.
---Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 2002. Jewellery pieces declared treasure. 27 August.
---Photograph: 2002. KTC 4, Early Saxon wrist clasp fragment..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2017. Drawing of a medieval buckle frame. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
<S2>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2020. Drawing of a Middle Saxon to medieval hooked tag. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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