Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12615 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi period find scatter |
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Summary
Metal detecting here in 1977 and 2000 recovered a Bronze Age pin, seven Roman coins and Iron Age, Roman, medieval, post medieval and undatable metal finds. These included an Iron Age brooch, the foot of a Roman rosette brooch, part of a medieval strap end and an undated patrix die.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 89 00 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF80SE |
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| Parish: | LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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| SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 1977. Metal-detecting.
Found in ploughsoil with metal-detector, in Sandhills field, near but outside area of Roman settlement:
Bronze Age copper alloy pin. Middle Bronze Age type, with expanded, flat-topped head, swollen neck and remains of side-loop.
See drawings (S1) and (S2) and published article (S3).
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1977.488).
Information from record card (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 August 2022.
Before 4 April 2000. Metal-detecting.
Area outside of scheduled area at [1].
Find recorded on the PAS database [2]:
Undated copper alloy patrix die.
Information from PAS import.
Finds identified by HES but not recorded on the PAS database:
7 Roman coins.
Iron Age, Roman, medieval, post medieval and undatable metal finds.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 30 May 2000.
The finds recovered in 2000 include an Iron Age brooch, the foot of a Roman rosette brooch and part of a medieval strap end.
M. Dennis (NLA) 2 May 2006.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- DIE STAMP (Unknown date)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- PIN (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
- BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SPOON (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: Lawson, A.J.. 1978. A Bronze Age pin from Little Cressingham. January. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Lawson, A.. 1977. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age bronze pin.. Film. 2:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Cannell, E.. 1993. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age cast bronze pin.. Paper. 2:1. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Lawson, A. 1978. A Bronze Pin from Little Cressingham. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVII Pt I pp 130-133. |
| <S4> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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