Record Details

NHER Number:9074
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Prehistoric, Neolithic, and Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

Summary

Stray finds, fieldwalking and metal-detecting between 1963 and 2019 recovered prehistoric burnt flints and worked flakes, and a Neolithic axehead; Roman, medieval, and post-medieval coins, and a medieval jetton; as well as Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds consist of a Roman brooch; a Late Saxon strap-end; a Late Saxon/medieval spindle whorl; medieval/post-medieval dress accessories; medieval harness pendants, a hasp from a box or casket, and a harness mount; a medieval/post-medieval spur, weight and coin weight; and post-medieval mounts and a harness mount.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 00 97
Map Sheet:TM09NW
Parish:GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
ROCKLANDS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1963. Chipped flint axehead found in field of sugar beet. [1].
E.B. Green (NCM).

1990. In area of NHER 9074, not previously defined.
Flint flakes and pot boilers.
D. Gurney (NLA), 25 October 1990.

December 2018-January 2019. Metal-detecting. [2].
3 Roman coins and a brooch.
Late Saxon strap-end.
Late Saxon/medieval spindle whorl.
1 medieval coin, 1 jetton, strap-ends, and a zoomorphic hasp from a box or casket.
Medieval/post-medieval buttons, a spur fragment, buckle, coin weight, and a suspension weight.
2 post-medieval coins, buckles, mounts, and a harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020.

January-March 2019. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval buckle.
Medieval shield-shaped harness mount.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field.
A. Beckham (HES), 12 June 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 July 2019.

February 2019. Metal-detecting. [4].
Medieval harness pendant and harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 April 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 3 March 2020.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 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

  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 70 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 286 AD to 293 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 293 AD to 296 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • BOX (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 18th Century - 1100 AD to 1800 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1250 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1427 AD to 1461 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • SPUR (Medieval to 18th Century - 1500 AD to 1800 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1554 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1561 AD to 1582 AD)
  • MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1636 AD to 1638 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1720 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1720 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 09 NW 12.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Ellingham (Great).

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