Record Details

NHER Number:22024
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

A Roman coin and a copper alloy disc, possibly an Early Saxon brooch, were found at this location in the early 1980s. Subsequent metal-detecting between 2010 and 2020 recovered Late Iron Age and Roman coins and a post-medieval pipe tamper .

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 78 94
Map Sheet:TL79SE
Parish:CRANWICH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Early 1980s.
Silver denarius of Crispina.
Gilt bronze disc with empty mushroom-shaped settings of Sutton Hoo style. Possibly a brooch, but fittings on back not seen.
Poor photos of both objects only seen.
Anonymous information given to A. Gregory (NCM) 11 December 1985.

3rd September 2010. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Iron Age coin.
See lists in file.
A. Marsden (HES), 8 March 2010.

November 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 November 2019.

2020. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin.
Post-medieval pipe tamper matrix.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2024.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD? to 650 AD?)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 1 AD to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 196 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD? to 650 AD?)
  • PIPE TAMPER (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1800 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

Related records - none

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