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Record Details

NHER Number:	24898
Type of record:	Find Spot
Name:	Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting on this field has recovered a wide range of prehistoric, Roman, Late Saxon and medieval finds including a 1st century AD Roman coin, a Late Saxon strap fitting decorated with a stylised leaf ornament, two medieval coins of Edward I, a medieval cauldron leg and possible bird feeder, a post medieval Charles I penny, and a Norfolk farthing token.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:	TG 23 11
Map Sheet:	TG21SW
Parish:	OLD CATTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Autumn 1988. Metal detecting.
Penny John/Henry III class 5 or 6.
Penny Edward III CIVITAS LONDON.
Vespasian As ?AEQVITAS AUGUSTI 69-79.
Illegible probably Roman.
I.D. D. Gurney (NAU).

January-February 1989. Metal detecting.
Penny Richard I/John. North Class 4b 1194-1205. Moneyer DAVI, Mint York.
I.D. A. Rogerson (NAU).

September 1992. Metal detecting. [1].
Late Saxon copper alloy openwork strap end, same on both sides (top missing). Stylised leaf ornament, moulded knob at base. Bosses around edge on frame. See (S1).
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant fragment, with suspension loop roughly circular and partly missing.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 November 1992.

October 1992. Metal detcting. [1].
Medieval copper alloy casket key, lozengiform bow with circular central opening and two side lobes, and upper lobe with two transverse engraved lines.
I.S. S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 December 1992.

January-February 1993. General finds.
Medieval cauldron foot fragment. Copper alloy.
Spout of medieval ewer, moulding near effluent end, perhaps very stylised ears. Copper alloy.
Copper alloy medieval belt-mount. Two rectangular plates with rocker arm decoration on front plate. Pierced hole in centre. Single rivet at each end. Leather inside.
Late medieval buckle, double looped, leaf terminal at one end. One loop is rectangular, other oval. Remains of iron from pin. Copper alloy.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 March 1993.

February 1993. Metal detecting finds. [2].
Two medieval coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 April 1993.

September/October 1993. Metal detecting. [1].
Post medieval coin and token.
Medieval lead 'pot' with transverse bands of relief decoration, i.e. fleurs-de-lis and initial 'L' alternating, and a relief 'band' near neck. ?Bird feeder.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 10 November 1993.

July/August 2006. Metal detecting club rally.
Three Roman, one medieval and seven post medieval coins.
Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 September 2006.

September 2006. NAHRG fieldwalking in strip sub-divisions.
Neolithic and prehistoric worked flints.
One Late Saxon, a few medieval and many post medieval sherds.
See lists, notes and (S2) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 January 2007.

March 2021. Stray Find. [3].
INDMG18042021JG - PAS details to follow.
Site extended to area of Old Catton Park, previous extend recorded at [4].
E. McDonald (HES), 5 May 2021.

Monument Types

LITHIC WORKING SITE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC WORKING SITE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

AWL (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
CORE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
DEBITAGE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
DEBITAGE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
HAMMERSTONE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
KNIFE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
STRAP END (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
STIRRUP STRAP MOUNT (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)
CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BIRD FEEDER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 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)
FLOOR TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (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)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 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: 1992. LWN 10-11, Late Saxon copper alloy openwork strap end..
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>	Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
<S2>	Map: Finder's Map..