Record Details

NHER Number:36996
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Prehistoric worked flint and Roman to post-medieval metal objects

Summary

Metal-detecting between 2001 and 2013 recovered prehistoric flint flakes; Roman, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval coins; post-medieval jettons and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include Roman brooches (including a very unusual ?imported plate brooch); an Early Saxon brooch (possibly from an inhumation burial); medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval ampulla and a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 09 80
Map Sheet:TM08SE
Parish:ROYDON (NEAR DISS), SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

September 2001. Metal detecting.
Area to west and southwest of churchyard.
Very unusual ?imported Roman plate brooch.
Early Saxon brooch, possibly from an inhumation burial.
Post medieval silver stud.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 March 2002.

April 2004. Metal detecting.
Two Roman coins, medieval strap fitting.
Information from PAS import.
A. Cattermole (HES), 7 September 2011.

July - August 2008. Metal detecting. Site extended - Previous extent [1]
Prehistoric worked flint; 1 Medieval coin; Medieval, Medieval/Post-Medieval and Post-Medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 25 September 2008.

September/October 2009. Metal detecting.
Medieval and post-medieval buckles, post-medieval coin and jetton.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 November 2010.

May-July 2013. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin.
Medieval ampulla.
1 medieval/post-medieval coin.
1 post-medieval jetton.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 August 2013.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 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

  • BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 70 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 69 AD to 260 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FLAKE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING? (Medieval to 12th Century - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • AMPULLA (14th Century to 15th Century - 1350 AD to 1430 AD)
  • COIN (15th Century to 16th Century - 1485 AD to 1544 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DRESS STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 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.
---Photograph: 2002. KTE 17-18, Early Saxon small long brooch..
---Photograph: 2002. KTE 19-20, Romano British equal arm brooch..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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