Record Details

NHER Number:35152
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Iron Age to Roman and Late Saxon to post medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1999 and 2019 recovered Roman and medieval pottery sherds; Roman, Middle/Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval coins; post-medieval jettons and a token; aswell as Late Iron Age to Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Iron Age/Roman brooch; a Roman brooch and a coin blank; a Late Saxon strap-end; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval swivel from a leash and a harness pendant; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy purse bar, rivet, and cauldron fragment and post-medieval weights, cloth seals, a harness mount, escutcheon plate for drop-handle and a lead unidentified object.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TM19NE
Parish:FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
TACOLNESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

August to September 1999. Metal detecting. East of Stickler Lane. [1].
Post medieval sword harness hook.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 March 2000.

February/March 2003. Metal detecting. Site extended. Club day out.
Roman, medieval and post medieval coins.
Post medieval jetton.
Post medieval token.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 April 2003.

August-September 2014. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field JT4. [2].
Late Iron Age/Roman brooch.
Medieval buckles, a swivel from a leash, strap-end and a bar mount.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy purse bar.
Post-medieval buckles, a copper alloy weight and a lead unidentified object.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 8 January 2015.

November-December 2014. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 Roman coin and a coin blank.
1 Middle/Late Saxon coin.
Medieval buckle.
1 post-medieval jetton, cloth seals, a harness mount and an escutcheon plate for drop-handle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 10 February 2014.

October 2015. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field JT4. [4].
Late saxon strap-end.
Medieval harness pendant.
Post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 January 2016.

July-September 2019. Metal-detecting. [5].
2 Roman coins.
2 medieval coins, 1 pottery sherd, and a copper alloy rivet.
2 post-medieval coins and a token.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 November 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 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

  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 AD to 100 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN BLANK? (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 350 AD to 353 AD)
  • COIN (Middle Saxon - 796 AD to 805 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon - 950 AD to 1050 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • LEASH (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 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)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1335 AD to 1343 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1550 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1540 AD to 1800 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1570 AD to 1700 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1649 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1621 AD to 1623 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1677 AD to 1679 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.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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