Record Details

NHER Number:36541
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Prehistoric flint flakes, part of a Bronze Age socketed axehead and part of a sword, Roman coins, a brooch and other metal finds, a Middle or Late Saxon strap end, and medieval and post medieval coins and metal finds, including the barrel of an 18th century flintlock pistol, found by metal detecting.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 08 13
Map Sheet:TG01SE
Parish:HOCKERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

August 2001. Metal detecting.
Fragment of handle of Late Bronze Age sword (S1).
List and drawing in file.
S. Ashley (NLA), 3 October 2001.

September 2001. Metal detecting.
Roman, medieval and post medieval coins.
Medieval harness fitting (photo).
?Tenter hook.
Post medieval cloth seal.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (NLA), 8 October 2001.

October 2001. Metal detecting.
2 Roman coins.
3 medieval coins.
5 post medieval coins.
Roman multiple bow brooch. See drawing (S2).
Medieval, post medieval and undatable metal finds.
See lists in file and (S3) for further information on the multiple bow brooch.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 December 2001.

October 2002. Metal detecting.
Post medieval coin.
Roman cosmetic mortar.
Post medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists with NGRs in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 December 2002.

November 2002. Metal detecting.
Middle Saxon/Late Saxon strap end.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 January 2003.

February 2003. Metal detecting.
Undatable prehistoric flint flake.
2 Roman coins.
See lists in file with NGRs.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 31 March 2003.

April 2003. Metal detecting.
Post medieval coin.
1 medieval and 1 post medieval jetton.
Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment.
Roman, medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists and drawings in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 May 2003.

August 2003. Metal detecting.
1 Roman, 2 medieval and 1 post medieval coin.
Post medieval jetton, token and coin weight.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 September 2003.

4 September 2003. Metal detecting. Site extended.
1 medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 November 2003.

27 August 2004. Metal detecting.
17th century Burgundian coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 September 2004.

September 2004. Metal detecting.
1 medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 November 2004.

August 2005. Metal detecting.
Post medieval flintlock pistol.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 October 2005.

2 and 3 December 2005. Metal detecting.
Post medieval coin and token.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 25 January 2006.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 1000000 BC to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • RING (Unknown date)
  • TAG (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • SWORD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COSMETIC MORTAR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CHRISMATORY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TENTERHOOK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (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 (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CRUCIFIX (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FLINTLOCK PISTOL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POWDER FLASK (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)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century to Unknown - 1639 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. 2001. Finds Photograph. Polaroid.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Illustration: Ashley, S.. 2003. Drawing of a medieval horse harness pendant.. Film. 2:1.
<S1>Illustration: Ashley, S.. 2001. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age sword handle fragment.. Film. 1:1.
<S2>Illustration: White, S.. 2001. Drawing of a Roman multiple bow brooch. Film. 2:1.
<S3>Article in Serial: Bayley, J., Gurney, D. and Mackreth, D. F. 2003. Two Roman Brooch Finds from Hockering and Felmingham. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 540-542.
<S4>Illustration: Ashley, S.. 2003. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment.. Film. 1:1.

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