Skip over navigation

View a printer friendly version of this page

Norfolk Heritage Explorer

Record Details

NHER Number:	29807
Type of record:	Find Spot
Name:	Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1993 and 2004 recovered a Mesolithic flint awl; a Neolithic flint projectile point; a potentially prehistoric flint bead/pendant; a Roman coin; four Middle Saxon coins; medieval coins and Late Roman/Early Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Roman/Early Saxon buckle; Early Saxon brooches and gilt plate; a Middle Saxon pin; a Late Saxon disc brooch and stirrup strap mount; medieval brooches, buckle and copper alloy seal matrix and a post-medieval hooked tag and furniture fitting.

Images

Location

Grid Reference:	Not displayed
Map Sheet:	TG04SE
Parish:	KELLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

March-April 1993. Metal-detecting find. [1].
1 Roman/Early Saxon buckle. Late 4th to 5th century 'Invaders and Settlers' type buckle fragment. Three bars decorated with rows of punched dots.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 June 1993.

1997. Metal-detecting.
1 Mesolithic flint awl.
1 Iron Age silver coin.
1 Early Saxon brooch and 1 gilded copper alloy plate (S1) (Note joins with piece found May 1997 - see above).
1 Middle Saxon coin and 1 polyledral pin.
4 medieval coins and 1 cruciform brooch.
See list in file and polaroids (S2).
V. Fryer (NCM), 5 June 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2014.

Summer 2001. Stray Find.
1 Neolithic flint projectile point (S3).
1 undatable (?prehistoric) flint bead/pendant (S3).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see descriptions in file.
K. Hinds (NLA), 4 December 2001.

Before 3 September 2004. Metal-detecting.
1 Middle Saxon coin (styca).
1 Late Saxon stirrup strap mount (S4).
1 medieval buckle plate and 1 copper alloy seal matrix.
1 post-medieval hooked tag and 1 furniture handle terminal.
Coin identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by A. Rogerson (NLA). See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 December 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2014.

10-17 September 2009. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman coin.
1 Middle Saxon coin.
1 Early Saxon brooch.
1 Late Saxon disc brooch (S5).
1 medieval annular brooch.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (HES) and other objects by A. Rogerson (HES). See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 25 October 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2014.

2010-11. Metal-detecting.
1 Roman coin.
1 Middle Saxon coin.
Identified by A. Marsden (HES), see descriptions in file.
A. Marsden (HES), 28 April 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2014.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

BEAD (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC? to 42 AD?)
AWL (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
PROJECTILE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
BUCKLE (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD to 650 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
STIRRUP STRAP MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
BROOCH (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)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---	Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---	Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1998. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 181-192. p 182.
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>	Illustration: Holness, A.. 1997. Drawing of an Early Saxon gilded plate.. Paper. 1:1.
<S2>	Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. NCM.
<S3>	Illustration: Robins, P. 2001. Drawing of a Neolithic projectile point and a bead or pendant.. Paper. Unknown.
<S4>	Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2004. Drawing of a Late Saxon stirrup mount.. Film. 2:1.
<S5>	Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2010. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch.. Film. 2:1.