Record Details

NHER Number:29274
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal detecting has recovered a wide range of finds dating from the Late Bronze Age, and the Roman to the post medieval period. These include a Late Bronze Age awl, Roman coins, brooches and pottery, fragments of Early Saxon brooches and part of an Early Saxon vessel fitting, as well as medieval and post medieval metalwork and coins.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 74 18
Map Sheet:TF71NW
Parish:GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

September to October 1992. Metal detecting finds.
Roman, Early Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval metalwork.
Roman coins.
See lists in file.
Information from [1].
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 and 5 November 1992.

November to December 1995. Metal detecting finds.
Two Early Saxon brooch fragments.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 January 1996.

July 1996. Metal detecting finds.
Roman coins and brooch.
Medieval and post medieval metalwork finds including molten bronze.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 30 August 1996.

Up to May 1998. Metal detecting finds. Site extended over rest of field = context 2.
Two Roman coins.
Medieval/post medieval thimble.
Details in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 24 June 1998.

June 1998. Metal detecting finds.
Roman coin and post medieval token.
Early Saxon vessel fitting.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
Roman sherd.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 1 August 1998.

Before 30 April 2007. Metal detecting finds.
5 Roman, 1 medieval and 3 post medieval coins.
Late Bronze Age (S1), Roman, Early Saxon, medieval post medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 July 2007.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 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 (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

  • CASTING WASTE (Undated)
  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • AWL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • LOCKING MECHANISM (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STYLUS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 75 AD to 100 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • VESSEL (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • PIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BALANCE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (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)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • EWER (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • EWER (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FERRULE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • NEEDLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • APOTHECARY WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STUD (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BROOCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (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)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HINGE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1540 AD to 1800 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POWDER FLASK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1720 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1720 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
  • CUFF LINK (17th Century to 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1800 AD)

Protected Status

  • Higher Level Stewardship

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Photograph: 1992. LBE 27-28, Two Early Saxon brooch knobs..
---Photograph: 1992. LBE 29-30, Early Saxon brooch fragment..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2007. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age awl.. Film. 1:1.

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