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Record Details

NHER Number:	4198
Type of record:	Find Spot
Name:	Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal detecting and fieldwalking between 1995 and 2012 recovered finds dating from the Iron Age to the post medieval period. These include a Bronze Age palstave; medieval coins, a heraldic pendant, an unusual 'm'-shaped brooch or harness fitting and a strap-end plus a post medieval jetton. Pieces of possible Iron Age or Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, medieval and post medieval pottery were also found.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:	TF 86 12
Map Sheet:	TF81SE
Parish:	LITTLE DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1969. Field 26. Context 1 at [1].
Medieval sherds.
P. Wade-Martins (NAU), 1975.

February 1995. Context 2. General finds and three subdivisions.
?Iron Age, ?Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, medieval, post medieval sherds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 March 1995.

April 1996. Metal detecting, area of Context 1.
Medieval coins and metalwork.
Post medieval jetton.
See list and coin form in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 9 May 1996.

May 1996. Metal detecting and fieldwalking, Context 1.
Medieval heraldic pendant, (S1).
See details in file.
Medieval and post medieval sherds.
See list in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 3 June 1996.

1996. Cursory fieldwalking in northwest segment of field. See (S2) in file.
One early medieval bowl rim.
Four medieval unglazed body sherds.
Two handle fragment, green glazed.
One post medieval reduced glazed.
Three glazed red earthenware.
B. Cushion (NLA), August 1996.

August 1996. Metal detecting finds.
Medieval (S3) and post medieval coins and metalwork.
See list and form in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 27 September 1996.

March-April 2009. Metal detecting
Middle Bronze Age palstave (S4).
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 10 May 2009.

January-February 2012. Metal-detecting.
Medieval harness mount and strap-end.
See description in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 12 March 2012.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
DISC (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 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.
---	Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---	Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Dunham, Great [2].
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>	Illustration: Ashley, S. 1996. Drawing of a medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant. Film. 2:1.
<S2>	Map: Finder's Map..
<S3>	Illustration: Ashley, S. 1996. Drawing of a medieval copper alloy horse harness mount. Film. 2:1.
<S4>	Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2009. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.