Record Details

NHER Number:36792
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting at this site from 2001-2009 has recovered many finds including an Early Neolithic leaf arrowhead, a Roman furniture fitting in the shape of a bell, a Late Saxon stirrup mount, a lead bird feeder, a medieval horse harness pendant with black enamel and gilding belonging to Robert de Ufford of Suffolk and one post-medieval coin. Metal-detecting in 2011 recovered medieval coins, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects including a medieval buckle plate and lead ampulla, a post-medieval rowel spur, cloth seal and key-hole escutcheon plate from furniture.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 21 29
Map Sheet:TG22NW
Parish:COLBY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

November-December 2001. Metal-detecting.
1 Early Neolithic leaf arrowhead.
1 Roman furniture stud.
1 Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount,
1 medieval pottery sherd (Siegburg stoneware).
1 medieval/post-medieval coin weight, 3 cauldron feet and 1 lead bird feeder.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 tinned hooked belt mount.
Flint identified by P. Robins (NCM), pottery by A. Rogerson (NLA), coin by A. Popescu (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 22 January 2002.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 17 March 2014.

December 2001-January 2002. Metal-detecting.
Found at [1]:
1 medieval horse harness pendant with black enamel and gilding (associated with Robert de Ufford of Suffolk), 1 horse harness pendant suspension-mount, 1 key and 1 buckle.
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See descriptions in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 April 2020.

December 2008-January 2009. Metal-detecting
1 Roman and 3 medieval coins, Roman key and weight, medieval harness fitting, padlock, and unidentified object, medieval/post-medieval vessel, post-medieval sword belt, casting waste and jetton.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 February 2009.

February-March 2011. Metal-detecting.
Medieval coin and post-medieval rowel spur.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 15 April 2011.

March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval coin, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 26 April 2011.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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 (Unknown date)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BIRD FEEDER (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (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 WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Photograph: 2002. KTC 7-8, Late Saxon stirrup strap mount..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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