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NHER Number:35831
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman metal-working site and Roman, Early Saxon and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

Summary

Extensive metal-detecting between 2000 and 2018 recovered Roman pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval jettons and undated, Roman, Early Saxon and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include undated metal-working debris and scrap, a copper alloy bar fragment, spoon bowl and copper alloy rings; an Iron Age enamelled harness fitting; Roman brooches, a figurine of Jupiter, a gold finger ring, harness fitting, key handle, padlock, snap-loop, plumb bob, ring, seal box, decorative mount or fitting, vessel repair, knopped terminal of a bar, suspension bar, ingot fragments for coin manufacture, coin blank and possible coin flan; Early Saxon brooches; Late Saxon strap-ends, a brooch and stirrup terminal; medieval and post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval dagger, lead pot mend, sword or dagger pommel, cauldron or pipkin fragment, ring and thimble; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and a post-medieval coin weight, thimble, possible sword belt hanger fragment, sword belt mount, casket key, lead weight, bale seal and fragment of a pewter grotesque mask or face.
The Roman finds recovered suggest that this may have been a metal-working site, including the manufacture of coins.

Images - none

Location

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

Full description

October to November 2000. Metal-detecting. [1].
23 Roman coins, many Roman metal finds.
3 Early Saxon brooch fragments.
Late Saxon, medieval, post-medieval and undatable metal objects.
Medieval and post-medieval coins.
See lists and drawings in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 22 December 2000.

October 2001. Metal-detecting.
21 Roman coins.
Post-medieval coin.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 December 2001.

January 2001. Metal-detecting.
Site extended to [2].
Roman, Late Saxon (S2), medieval (S3) and undatable metal finds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 February 2001.

August-September 2002. Metal-detecting.
4 Roman coins.
Medieval buckle.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 October 2002.

September-October 2002. Metal-detecting.
6 Roman coins.
Roman sherds.
Medieval pot mend.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 November 2002.

September-October 2002. Metal-detecting.
5 Roman coins, including a possible blank, 2 medieval and 2 post-medieval coins.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 December 2002.

November-December 2002. Metal-detecting.
Iron Age enamelled fragment, possibly part of a harness 'plaque'.
See description by N. H. and drawing in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 January 2003.

November-December 2002. Metal-detecting.
2 medieval coins.
Late Saxon strap-end.
Post-medieval belt fitting.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 January 2003.

December 2002-January 2003. Metal-detecting.
AHS club day out.
3 Roman coins.
Roman ingot ?for coin manufacture.
Roman sherds.
2 Early Saxon brooch fragments.
Medieval, post-medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 February 2003.

February-March 2003. Metal-detecting.
Site extended. (See old NHER map for original extent).
4 Roman coins.
Roman sherd.
Medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 April 2003.

September-October 2003. Metal-detecting.
7 Roman, 5 medieval and 3 post-medieval coins.
Medieval, post-medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 November 2003.

July-September 2016. Metal-detecting. [3].
2 Roman coins.
1 medieval coin, 1 jetton, a buckle and thimble.
1 post-medieval jetton, a buckle and lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

September 2018. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field [unknown]. [4].
Roman gold finger ring.
Information from PAS Import.
The Roman gold finger ring was disclaimed as Treasure (Ref: 2018 T756) and returned to the finder.
A. Beckham (HES), 25 April 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • METAL WORKING SITE? (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

  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
  • RING (Unknown date)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN BLANK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • INGOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PADLOCK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PLUMB BOB (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SEAL BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 150 AD to 350 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 161 AD to 180 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DAGGER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PIPKIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SWORD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1216 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1364 AD to 1380 AD)
  • BUCKLE (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)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1720 AD)
  • WEIGHT (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1649 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Photograph: 2000. KSF 32-34, Romano British brooch..
---Photograph: 2000. KSF 30-31, Romano British figure..
---Photograph: 2000. KSF 29, Late Saxon strap end..
---Photograph: 2003. KTP 4, Late Saxon strap end..
---Photograph: 2003. KTQ 3, Early Saxon brooch fragment..
---Photograph: 2003. KTQ 4, Early Saxon brooch fragment..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Holness, A.. 2000. Drawing of a Early Saxon lower bow and foot of a radiate brooch.. Film. 2:1.
<S2>Illustration: Hoyle, M.. 2001. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup terminal.. Film. 2:1.
<S3>Illustration: Hoyle, M.. 2001. Drawing of a medieval copper alloy sword or dagger pommel.. Film. 2:1.

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