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Record Details

NHER Number:	33819
Type of record:	Find Spot
Name:	Multi-period metal objects, coins and pottery sherds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1998 and 2009 recovered a late Prehistoric flint scraper and Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins as well as metal objects dating from the Bronze Age to post-medieval periods. Metal finds included part of a Bronze Age axehead; a Bronze Age awl; Iron Age, Roman and Early Saxon brooches; a Late Saxon hooked tag; medieval dress accessories, keys and a vessel repair patch; a medieval/post-medieval lead cloth seal and post medieval book clasps, thimble, buckles and mounts.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:	TG 03 43
Map Sheet:	TG04SW
Parish:	BLAKENEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
	WIVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

September 1998. Metal detecting.
Large scatter includes NHER 17646.
Bronze Age axe fragment (donated to NCM).
Four Roman coins and one brooch.
Medieval and post medieval coins, buckles, strap ends, coin weights and other metalwork.
See list in file.
D. Gurney (NLA) 11 September 1998.

August 2000. Metal detecting rally. Field 23.
Five Roman coins.
Thirteen medieval coins.
Sixteen post medieval coins.
Roman brooch.
Early Saxon brooches.
Possible Late Saxon copper alloy ingot.
Medieval and post medieval buckles, mounts, seal matrices and other metalwork.
Undatable metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 17 December 2001.

September 2003. Site extended to cover NHER 39543 and area to northeast. Field 19.
Two Roman, twelve medieval and thirteen post medieval coins.
Three medieval/post medieval and nine post medieval jettons.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects, including buckles, coin weights, strap ends and other metalwork.
See lists and map in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 19 July 2004.

2 September 2005. Metal detecting.
Amongst other finds reported subsequent (currently recorded under NHER 39543):
Post medieval seal matrix.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 31 October 2005.

5 September 2004. Metal detecting. Discovery Tours Field 24.
One Roman, two medieval and three post medieval coins.
Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 3 February 2006.

February 2006. Metal detecting, Field 13.
Two Roman, five medieval and one post medieval coins.
Bronze Age awl.
Iron Age brooch.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 13 November 2006.

August 2008. Metal detecting. Discovery tours Field 31.
2 Medieval and 1 Post-Medieval coin; Medieval and Medieval/Post-Medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 October 2008.

17 August 2009. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 13.
Three Roman, four medieval and two post-medieval coins, plus one post-medieval jetton and token.
One late Prehistoric flint scraper.
Medieval mount, six buckles, two buckle plates, two keys, a pendant, two strap loops and a vessel repair strap.
Medieval/post-medieval cloth seal.
Post-medieval book clasp, two buckles, buckle frame chape and thimble.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (HES), metal objects by I. Riddler.
See lists in file and [1].
A. Beckham (HES), 12 January 2012.

August 2015. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 21.
Finds recorded by HES on the PAS database [2]:
DT082015 - PAS details to follow.
Information from PAS import.
Finds recorded by Discovery Tours, I. Riddler or A. Marsden:
Details to follow.
Also see (S1) for details of low grade material recovered from this field and Discovery Tours fields 20 and 22.
A. Beckham (HES), 30 September 2015.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 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

GAMING PIECE (Undated)
NAIL (Unknown date)
WEIGHT (Unknown date)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
AWL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Late Iron Age - 99 BC? to 0 AD?)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FERRULE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 320 AD to 324 AD)
COIN (Roman - 355 AD to 361 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
HOOKED TAG (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
INGOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (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)
CHATELAINE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
DRESS COMPONENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
EWER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FERRULE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
LACE TAG (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ROWEL SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SKILLET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SPOON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SWORD BELT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1299 AD to 1301 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1309 AD to 1310 AD)
JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD? to 1584 AD?)
BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CANDLE SNUFFER (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)
COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
EWER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JEWS HARP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POWDER MEASURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SCABBARD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SCISSORS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SKILLET (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SKIMMER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SPOON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1560 AD to 1561 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1642 AD to 1650 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1650 AD? to 1670 AD?)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---	Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---	Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
---	Photograph: JGJ 7, 8.
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>	Unpublished Document: Discovery Tours. 2015. Discovery Tours Low Grade Material Record Sheet. Fields 19, 20 and 21.