Record Details

NHER Number:42636
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic, Roman, and Middle Saxon to post-medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 2005 and 2017 recovered Neolithic scrapers; Roman pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; aswell as undated, Roman, Middle/Late Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include undated casting waste; Roman brooches and an open-work key handle; a Middle/Late Saxon strap-end; a Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorl; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval censer fragment, key, lamp fragment and spindle whorl; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments and a furniture fitting; and a post-medieval cufflink.

Images

  • Part of a Middle to Late Saxon strap end from Langham  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service
  • An unfinished Roman openwork key handle from Langham  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG04SW
Parish:LANGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Before 11 May 2005. Metal detecting.
Roman sherds, twenty five Roman coins.
Roman (S1), Middle/Late Saxon (S2), medieval, post medieval and undateable metal objects.
See list and (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 October 2005.

January 2015-October 2017. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 medieval coin and buckles.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2018.

January-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
4 Neolithic flint scrapers.
11 Roman coins, 24 pottery sherds and a brooch.
Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorl.
Medieval key and a buckle.
1 post-medieval coin and a silver cufflink or button element exhibiting a design of clasped hands with a crown above a flaming heart.
Information from PAS import.
The silver cufflink or button element was submitted as possible Treasure (Ref: 2019 T60).
E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to 19th Century - 851 AD to 1900 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)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 271 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 271 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 271 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 273 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 273 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 276 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 286 AD to 293 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CENSER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • LAMP (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1327 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
  • CUFF LINK (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1714 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of a Roman key handle.. Film. 2:1.
<S2>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of a Middle or Late Saxon strap-end.. Film. 2:1.

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