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Record Details

NHER Number:35352
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible Roman settlement, prehistoric to post medieval objects

Summary

Metal detecting in 2000 recorded a concentration of Roman objects, including pottery sherds, coins and metal objects, thought to represent a possible settlement. Fieldwalking and metal detecting have also recovered over 200 Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age flints, as well as Iron Age, Early Saxon and medieval pottery sherds, and metal objects from the Iron Age to post medieval periods. A heart-shaped medieval brooch was also recovered from this area in 2000, as well as a medieval gold finger ring with a garnet. See record NHER 62027 for possible enclosures within this area, which could feasibly be associated with this potential area of settlement. See also NHER 61537 for banks and trackways in this area.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TL78NE
Parish:WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

February 2000. Field walking in forest.
Probably Neolithic, Bronze Age/Iron Age worked flints.
Roman, Iron Age or Early Saxon, medieval and undatable pot sherds.
Late Saxon psudeo-coin brooch based on the Aethelred II last small cross type.
Medieval/post medieval roofing tile.
?Medieval brick.
See lists and map in file.
See also (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 May 2000.

July 2000 and before.
Metal detecting on Forest Enterprise land [1].
Includes concentration of Roman material centred on location [2], so included under this number, extending original area [3] west to Bromehill Cottage.
Twenty-three Roman, seven medieval and five post medieval coins.
Roman (S2 and S3), Late Saxon (S2 and S4), medieval (S3) and post medieval finds, including medieval silver heart-shaped annular brooch and medieval gold finger.
Information from [4].
See Suffolk Archaeological Service Records, Portable Antiquities Database printouts and imported finds records, drawings and note (by 5) in file.
The medieval silver heart-shaped brooch was declared Treasure at inquest on 14 March 2003 and subsequently acquired by the British Museum (2002,0905.1). The medieval gold finger ring was disclaimed as Treasure on 1 April 2003.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 December 2000, 14 March 2002 and 26 April 2003. Amended by A. Cattermole (HES), 9 October 2012 and P. Watkins (HES), 8 July 2020.

April 2003. Fieldwalking. [6]
Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval sherds.
Lava quern fragment.
Medieval roof tile fragments.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 June 2003.

June/July 2003. Fieldwalking.
196 worked flints, including two Neolithic arrowheads and Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age discoidal knife (S1).
See lists and drawing in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 July 2003.

January 2005. Desk-based Assessment and Walkover Survey.
Assessment of land on proposed route of Brandon Bypass.
No visible earthwork features within the area examined during walkover survey.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 15 July 2015.

April 2005. Metal-detecting.
Late Iron Age coin.
4 Roman coins.
Information from PAS download.
A. Cattermole (HES), 10 January 2013.

April 2006. Metal-detecting.
Late Iron Age coin.
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS download.
A. Cattermole (HES), 10 January 2013.

September 2006. Metal-detecting.
2 Iron Age and 3 Roman coins.
Information from PAS download.
A. Cattermole (HES), 10 January 2013.

September 2016. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
See record NHER 62027 for possible enclosures within this area, which could feasibly be associated with this potential area of settlement. See also NHER 61537 for banks and trackways in this area.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 21st September 2016.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (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 (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Undated)
  • QUERN (Unknown date)
  • RING (Undated)
  • RING (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • BORER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • HAMMERSTONE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • KNIFE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • DISCOIDAL KNIFE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 50 BC to 20 BC)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 32 BC to 31 BC)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 10 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 10 BC to 43 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 1 AD to 50 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 AD to 65 AD)
  • BELL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BELL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 70 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 70 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 80 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 80 AD)
  • BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COSMETIC SPOON (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD? to 600 AD?)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TOILET ARTICLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 75 AD to 200 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 117 AD to 138 AD)
  • BRACELET (Roman - 200 AD to 400 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 269 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 275 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 271 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 294 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 293 AD to 296 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 293 AD to 296 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 318 AD to 324 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 318 AD to 324 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 337 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 348 AD to 350 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 348 AD to 350 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 348 AD to 360 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 348 AD to 360 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 348 AD to 360 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 383 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 392 AD to 402 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • TOILET ARTICLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD to 1066 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon to Medieval - 850 AD to 1066 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon - 875 AD to 950 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 1009 AD to 1025 AD)
  • BRICK (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)
  • FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL? (Medieval to 16th Century - 1066 AD? to 1540 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 18th Century - 1100 AD to 1800 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 18th Century - 1100 AD to 1800 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 18th Century - 1100 AD to 1800 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 18th Century - 1100 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1205 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1195 AD? to 1230 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1279 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1250 AD to 1600 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1250 AD to 1600 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1250 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1272 AD to 1307 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD? to 1281 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1302 AD to 1327 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1327 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to Unknown - 1540 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TAP (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 to Unknown - 1561 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to Unknown - 1572 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1582 AD to 1602 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • BUTTON (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • PIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1625 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1634 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century to Unknown - 1605 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)
  • BUTTON (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1685 AD)
  • BELL (17th Century to 19th Century - 1650 AD to 1850 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1680 AD)
  • TAP (17th Century to 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1800 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2004. Treasure Annual Report 2003. p 110; No 201; Fig 201.
---Unpublished Contractor Report: Duffy, J. 2005. Brandon Bypass. A Report On The Archaeological Assessment, 2005. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 2005/29.
---Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2001. Treasure Annual Report 2000. p 76; No 140; Fig 140.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2001. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2000. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt IV pp 707-728. p 727.
<S2>Illustration: Wreathall, D.. 2000. Drawing of a Roman bell and a Late Saxon copper alloy strap fitting.. Card. 2:1.
<S3>Illustration: Wreathall, D.. 2000. Drawing of a Roman copper alloy bow brooch and a medieval copper alloy strap fitting.. Card. 2:1.
<S4>Illustration: Wreathall, D.. 2000. Drawing of a Late Saxon lead brooch.. Card. 2:1.
<S5>Illustration: Robins, P. 2003. Drawing of a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint discoidal knife.. Paper. 1:1.

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