Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34275 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman, Middle/Late Saxon and medieval finds |
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Summary
Sporadic metal-detecting between 1999 and 2016 recovered Roman and medieval coins as well as a Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag and a medieval copper alloy seal matrix, with the central motif of a squirrel.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 07 29 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG02NE |
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| Parish: | NORTH NORFOLK |
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| THURNING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January-February 1999. Metal detecting. [1].
H. M. Geake (NCM) identified:
Copper alloy seal matrix, pointed oval with a raised rib and pierced lug on reverse. The front is very worn, but the central motif is a squirrel. Around this a hard-to-read legend: +: S'WILL'I.BRONT:.: 13th century.
Polariod in NCM (S1).
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 March 1999.
September 2015. Metal-detecting. Site extended to whole field. [2].
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2016.
Before 6 June 2016. Metal-detecting. [2].
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 June 2016.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 307 AD to 318 AD)
- HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 750 AD to 1050 AD)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1327 AD to 1377 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
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