Record Details

NHER Number:39658
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Undated, Iron Age, Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1998 and 2019 recovered Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins, a post-medieval token; as well as undated, Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an undated lead weight; a remarkable Roman miniature palstave, a brooch, copper alloy stud and surgical or cosmetic tool; a Late Saxon stirrup strap mount; an unusual Late Saxon/medieval strap-end; medieval dress accessories, a horse harness mount, horse harness pendant and fragment of chafing dish; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment, a dress hook, and a cannon (suspension loop) from a bell and post-medieval harness mounts, a weight, hooked tag, rowel spur fragment and clapper bell fragment.

Images

  • Medieval unidentified object from NHER 39658  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval bell from NHER 39658  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval bell detail from NHER 39658  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TF60NE
Parish:SHOULDHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Before December 1998. Metal-detecting. [1].
Undated lead weight.
Roman brooch and surgical or cosmetic tool.
Medieval harness pendant.
Post-medieval rowel spur fragment and hooked tag.
See lists in file.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2020.

1998. Metal-detecting.
Found at [2]:
1 ?probe.
No other details recorded [3].
Found at [4]:
1 Roman enamelled plate brooch.
See polaroid (S1) [5].
P. Watkins (HES), 8 August 2016 and 20 September 2018.

Before March 1999. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
See lists in file.
A. Beckham (HES), 26 February 2020.

Before 11 February 2003. Metal detecting.
1 Iron Age coin.
3 Roman coins.
1 remarkable ?Roman miniature palstave (S2).
1 Late Saxon stirrup strap-mount.
5 medieval coins, 1 unusual 11th- or 12th-century strap end (S3), 3 strap ends (14th-century) and 1 buckle.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 31 July 2003.

March-April 2014. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the western field boundary. [6].
2 Roman coins and a copper alloy stud.
1 medieval coin, buckles, a horse harness mount, strap-end, belt mount and a fragment of chafing dish.
Medieval/post-medieval dress hooks, a copper alloy vessel fragment, cannon (suspension loop) from a bell and unidentified object, possibly a mount.
2 post-medieval coins, a weight, harness mount and clapper bell fragment.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 June 2014.

July-September 2019. Metal-detecting. [7].
Medieval/post-medieval dress hook.
1 post-medieval token.
Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
E. McDonald (HES), 10 October 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 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

  • PROBE? (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Undated)
  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • MINIATURE OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SURGICAL INSTRUMENT? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
  • COIN (Roman - 297 AD to 307 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 351 AD to 353 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1250 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1475 AD to 1525 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (16th Century to 17th Century - 1501 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century - 1501 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BELL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1540 AD to 1800 AD)
  • WEIGHT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1590 AD to 1714 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1595 AD to 1595 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (17th Century to 18th Century - 1601 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1602 AD to 1602 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1660 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1699 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Article in Monograph: Ashley, S. 2016. Anglo-Norman elite objects from castle and countryside. Castles and the Anglo-Norman World. Proceedings of a Conference held at Norwich Castle in 2012. Davies, J. et al (eds). pp 281-298. Fig 18.8 No 53.
<S1>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. 10218.
<S2>Illustration: White, S. 2003. Drawing of a ?Roman copper alloy miniature axehead in form of Middle Bronze Age palstave. Film. 2:1.
<S3>Illustration: White, S. 2003. Drawing of an unusual early medieval copper alloy strap end. Film. 2:1.

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