Record Details

NHER Number:25252
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1989 and 2017 recovered a Neolithic projectile point; Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman and medieval coins and post-medieval jettons; aswell as Bronze Age, Roman, Early Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Bronze Age socketed axehead; a Roman ring, and bracelet; an Early Saxon brooch; a Late Saxon disc brooch; a Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorl; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval apothecary weight and harness; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments and book fittings; and a post-medieval kninfe fragment and weight.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 01 41
Map Sheet:TG04SW
Parish:LANGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1989. Found with metal detecting and in fieldwalking in south part of field. Context 1 [1]. [2].
Thetford-type ware bowl rim.
Decorated Grimston greenglazed sherd.
Medieval or earlier decorated copper alloy bar.
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate and gilt copper alloy annular ring brooch 13th to 14th century.
15th century lead barrel ampulla.
Nine Roman coins, see list.
Roman pottery; grey wares, including scored decoration; bowls with grooving below rim; bowls with rounded rims; large grooved-rim jars bead and flanged bowls;very large bowl; dish with chamfered base nosey bowl with burnished lattice decoration; bowl with inturned rim necked jar.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM) and D. Gurney (NAU).
W. Milligan (NCM) 3 April 1989.

Winter 1995. Metal detecting whole field. Context 2. [3].
1 Neolithic flint projectile point.
See description by P. Robins (NCM) in file.
Late Bronze Age socketed axe. Blade-end missing, part of open end missing. (S2).
2 medieval and 1 post medieval coins. See list in file.
Medieval buckle frame, oval, with 'lip' for pin rest. Compare with example in (S1).
Closed end of 2-piece medieval strap end, pointed, one rivet.
Medieval/Post medieval circular lead weight with central hole. Decorated with 6-pointed star in relief. Diameter 36mm, weight 37.6g.
16th century knife handle end-cap with pair of stylised addorsedanimal heads.
Heraldic harness stud, medieval, arms of England; red enamel ground, (S3).
Worn/battered Early Saxon cruciform brooch. Head with rows of punched dots on central panel and wings, edges missing; bow with facets and transverse grooves above and below; short length of foot with part of catch-plate on reverse. Single pin-lug with iron remains. To be photographed.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 22 January 1996.

First half of 1999. Metal detecting. [4].
7 Roman coins.
Very worn bracelet/armlet terminal, Roman. Rounded with transverse mouldings. Longitudinal band and transverse mouldings next to break. D-sectioned, and curved in profile.
Fragment of very corroded copper alloy ?ingot? of uncertain date. Parallel sided (with 10mm), thickness 4mm. Surviving end is rounded. Length 15mm. Weight 3.33g.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 December 1999.

Before 11 May 2005. Metal detecting.
Four Roman coins, Roman finger ring and sherd.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 October 2005.

January-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [5].
8 Roman coins.
Late Saxon disc brooch.
Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorl.
1 medieval coin, buckles, and an apothecary weight.
Medieval/post-medieval coin vessel fragments, book fittings, and a buckle.
4 post-medieval jettons and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to 19th Century - 851 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • INGOT (Undated)
  • LAUREL LEAF (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 81 AD to 96 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 194 AD to 195 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 285 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 276 AD to 282 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 317 AD to 317 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 324 AD to 326 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 348 AD to 351 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STUD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • APOTHECARY WEIGHT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1299 AD to 1301 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Publication: Egan and Pritchard. 1991. Dress Accessories. Nos 306-310.
<S2>Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1995. Drawing of a Bronze Age socketed axehead.. Film. 1:1.
<S3>Illustration: Ashley, S.. Unkown. Drawing of a medieval horse harness stud.. Film. 2:1.

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