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Record Details

NHER Number:	29875
Type of record:	Find Spot
Name:	Early Bronze Age hoard and Roman to post-medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1993 and 2016 recovered Roman pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; post-medieval tokens and Early Bronze Age and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Early Bronze Age hoard of axes; Roman brooches; Early Saxon brooches; a Middle Saxon spur fragment decorated with an animal head; a Late Saxon brooch, prick spur and hasp fragment; a medieval lead plaque or mortuary cross, casket mount, balance arm, bar mount, strap-end and leash swivel and a post-medieval sword belt fitting.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:	Not displayed
Map Sheet:	TG00SE
Parish:	DEOPHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

April 1993. Metal detecting. Context 1.
Henry VII half groat.
See list in file.
I.D. J .Davies (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 14 April 1993.

1993. Metal detecting.
Possible medieval lead plaque or mortuary cross, very crude, relief cross on a disc.
W. Milligan (NCM), 21 December 1993.

1994. Metal detecting.
Medieval casket mount with pierced lobed terminal and pierced moulded boss. Other end broken.
Context 2:
1st century Sestertius.
See list in file.
I.D. J. Davies (NCM).
?Medieval balance arm.
Medieval lead ?stud.
See list in file.
I.D. S. Margeson (NCM).
Henry VIII penny; Charles I shilling.
Two 17th century tokens.
Three Elizabeth I sixpence.
Elizabeth I penny.
See list in file.
I.D. J. Davies (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 26 July 1994.

1994. Metal detecting.
14th century shield-shaped plate with bar mount = strap end from folding strap clasp.
I.D. S. Margeson (NCM) 1994.
See (S1).
See also identical one from Keswick [5].
W. Milligan (NCM), 19 October 1994.

1994. Metal detecting.
1st century Roman brooch. Hybrid ?45-55/60AD.
I.D. D. Mackreth 1995.
W. Milligan (NCM), 22 December 1994.

1995. Metal detecting.
Three Roman coins.
Elizabeth 1 penny.
See list in file.
I.D. J. Davies (NCM).
Roman brooch.
See (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM), 13 October 1995.

1995. Metal detecting.
Early Saxon sub-discoid disc brooch, white metal coated, with central pierced hole, lug with bronze and broken catchplate on reverse. Two concentric circles decorate the surface.
I.D. S. Margeson (NCM).
See (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM), 16 November 1995.

1995. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon openwork hasp fragment with bosses along the edges. These are rectangular (tapering) with a loop at the slightly narrower end.
I.D. S. Margeson (NCM).
See (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM), 16 November 1995.

August/September 1995. Metal detecting.
Early Saxon small-long brooch headplate and bow. Odd headplate, curved wing on one side with engraved star, straight on other.
See (S1).
I.D. S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 November 1995.

1996. Metal detecting.
Roman thistle brooch of least elaborate type (Class C). Incomplete and corroded. Undecorated bow, concentrically grooved disc and broken, 1st century.
See (S1) and (S2).
Five medieval coins.
See list in file.
I.D. J. Davies (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 18 October 1996.

1996. Metal detecting.
Medieval two coins.
See list in file.
V. Fryer (NCM), 23 June 1997.

April 1997. Metal detecting. [2].
Bronze Age flat axe hoard (S3, S4, S5 and S6).
See accession list for details.
I.D. A. E. West.
Note slightly different grid reference on accession list.
K. Sussams (NCM), 3 April 1998.

Up to April 1998. Metal detecting. [3].
Undated mystery object! A D-section curved cast copper alloy rod with, at one end, a wider attachment terminal, and at the other a cast animal head. The attachment terminal appears to originally have been oval; it is now broke in half and has a single rivet hole with iron corrosion. The animal head is schematically modelled with open jaws; a separate copper alloy rivet passes through the muzzle and lower jaw. Possibly part of a handle? The side and neatness of the copper alloy rivet makes it look medieval.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 June 1999.

August-September 1999. Metal detecting. [4].
Roman thick flat base of large vessel, a reduced sandy fabric with oxidised exterior. Breaks now rather abraded. Difficult to date, but most likely to be Romano-British.
Pottery I.D. A. Rogerson (NLA).
K. Hinds (NLA), 7 March 2000.

January/February 2003. Metal detecting.
Medieval swivel from leash.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 March 2003.

Mystery object found up to April 1998 is part of a rather worn prick spur with riveted terminal for strap similar to those on the complete example from NHER 31655 Surlingham. The rivet near the broken end is probably the proximal end of an iron goad. 9th century, (S7).
Re-identified by S. J. Ashley (NLA) from (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 April 2003.

April/May 2003. Metal detecting.
Post medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 June 2003.

2003. Metal detecting. Found in northwest corner of field.
One post medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 October 2003.

August 2004. Metal detecting. [6].
One medieval coin.
See list in file.
E.L. Bales (NLA), 21 May 2007.

March-April 2016. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field HAC1. [7].
Roman plate brooch.
Post-medieval sword belt fitting fragment.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 June 2016.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
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

RING (Unknown date)
STUD (Unknown date)
FLAT AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
HOARD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
PLATE BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
PRICK SPUR (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
PRICK SPUR (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
BALANCE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BOX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CEREMONIAL OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
DISC (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
LEASH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PLAQUE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (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)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
DRESS COMPONENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---	Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---	Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101.
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>	Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S2>	Publication: Hawkes and Hull. 1947. Camulodunum. Pl XCIV No 79.
<S3>	Illustration: White, S.. 1997. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axe.. Film. 1:1.
<S4>	Illustration: White, S.. 1997. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axe.. Film. 1:1.
<S5>	Illustration: White, S.. 1997. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axe and copper alloy ring.. Film. 1:1.
<S6>	Illustration: White, S.. 1997. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axe.. Film. 1:1.
<S7>	Illustration: White, S.. 2003. Drawing of a Middle Saxon spur fragment.. Film. 2:1.