Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28861 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman, Early Saxon and medieval finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting at this site has recovered a variety of Roman, Saxon and medieval metal finds. These include two Roman brooches and a possible Roman box fitting, an Early Saxon buckle and the leg of a medieval cauldron.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 23 11 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SW |
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| Parish: | OLD CATTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 1992. Metal detecting.
Roman trumpet headed brooch.'Disc and trumpet' type. Enamel missing. 2nd century AD.
Bow of Colchester type Roman brooch. 1st century AD.
See (S1).
Roman copper alloy handle fragment. Possibly from box.
J. Davies (NCM), 4 March 1992.
March 1992. Metal detecting.
Edward I/II silver halfpenny.
I.D. J. Davies (NCM).
Medieval copper alloy casket key, with ribbed collar.
Medieval copper alloy barrel padlock, with punched dot decoration and L-shaped arm.
I.D. S. Margeson (NCM).
J. Davies (NCM) 31 March 1992.
May 1992. Metal detecting.
?Early Saxon buckle.
Medieval buckle plate.
Medieval buckle plate with stamped ornament as border.
Medieval cauldron leg.
I.D. S. Margeson (NCM).
Edward I/II penny (1272-1327). Canterbury mint.
I.D. J. Davies (NCM).
J. Davies (NCM), 9 June 1992.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUCKLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PADLOCK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
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