Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24350 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric, Roman and medieval to post-medieval finds |
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Summary
Metal-detecting between 1987 and 2024 recovered a prehistoric flint blade; Roman and medieval pottery sherds; undated copper alloy and lead metalworking debris; Roman and post-medieval coins; post-medieval jettons and numerous tokens and a number of other, undated, Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include an undated lead weight and crude 'box' made of lead sheet; a Roman terret fragment; a medieval harness pendant, copper alloy cauldron leg and lead ampulla; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy finger ring and a post-medieval stud and silver spoon.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 30 20 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG32SW |
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| Parish: | HOVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1987. Metal detecting. [1].
Illegible 3rd century coin.
Large bronze leg from medieval cauldron.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU) and S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 8 November 1987.
March 1988. Stray Find.
1 undatable prehistoric flint blade.
See note in file [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 28 July 2016.
1 April 1988. Details as before. [1].
Two Roman greyware sherds.
Medieval lead ampulla.
Medieval sherds.
Medieval bronze 'reve' or backplate from rivet.
16th/17th century decorated stud.
18th/19th century silver spoon.
Lead waste.
Crude 'box' made of lead sheet.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU) and S. Margeson (NCM),
W. Milligan (NCM), 10 May 1988.
May 1988. Metal-detecting.
Medieval knife handle end-plate, belt 'hanger' and copper alloy vessel fragment.
Post-medieval fitting, ?tobacco tamper, buckle and lead cloth seal.
Undatable lead weight, 2 lead waste fragments and 1 copper alloy waste fragment.
Identified by W. Milligan (NCM). See notes in file and polaroids [2].
P. Watkins (HES), 28 July 2016.
May-June 2015. Metal-detecting. Site extended to whole field. [3].
Medieval harness pendant.
1 post-medieval coin, 1 jetton and 16 tokens.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2015.
February-March 2024. [4].
Medieval/post-medieval finger ring.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 February 2025.
April 2024. Metal-detecting. [5].
Roman terret fragment.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 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
- BOX (Undated)
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- WASTE (Unknown date)
- WASTE (Unknown date)
- WEIGHT (Unknown date)
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HARNESS FITTING (Roman - 50 AD to 150 AD)
- AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1340 AD to 1405 AD)
- FINGER RING (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIPE TAMPER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SPOON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
- COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
- TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1650 AD to 1660 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1652 AD to 1652 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1656 AD to 1656 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1657 AD to 1657 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1664 AD to 1664 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 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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