Record Details

NHER Number:31836
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi period finds

Summary

Metal detecting has recovered a range of finds dating from the Late Saxon to the post medieval period. These include a possible Late Saxon strap fitting, a fragment of a 15th or 16th century cauldron leg and a late 17th or early 18th century thimble. A post medieval coin, token and Nuremburg jetton were also found.

Images - none

Location

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

Full description

March 1996. Metal detecting finds. Part of field. Large scatter including NHER 30412 and NHER 17635.
Post medieval token/jetton.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 3 May 1996.

Monument Types

  • 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

  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.

Related records

17635Parent of: Neolithic axehead (Find Spot)
30412Parent of: Prehistoric worked and burnt flints (Find Spot)

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