Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25741 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age and Roman finds |
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Summary
Metal-detecting between 1989 and 2018 recovered Roman and post-medieval coins; aswell as Bronze Age, and Roman metal objects. The metal finds include the tip of a Bronze Age rapier; and a Roman brooch, hairpin, prick spur, snake finger-ring and cosmetic set in crisp condition.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 68 05 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF60NE |
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| Parish: | FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 1989. Metal detecting finds south of Moat House. [1].
Bronze Age ?rapier tip.
Roman copper alloy snake finger ring.
Identified by W. Milligan (NCM) 26 October 1989
August-September 2012. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole of the field. [2].
Two Roman coins, a brooch, hairpin and prick spur (S1).
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 November 2012.
September-October 2013. Metal-detecting. [3].
Roman cosmetic set (S2).
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 February 2014.
July 2017. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 July 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- RAPIER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 80 AD)
- FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 64 AD to 68 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 134 AD to 275 AD)
- COSMETIC SET (Roman - 200 AD to 400 AD)
- PRICK SPUR (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 225 AD to 275 AD)
- COIN (16th Century - 1558 AD to 1560 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
| --- | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of a Roman copper alloy prick spur.. Film. 2:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of Roman copper alloy cosmetic set. Film. 2:1. |
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