Record Details

NHER Number:28199
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman and medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting in 1989/1990 and 2020 recovered a Roman coin and several medieval metal objects, including a ring brooch, spur and gilt possible harness mount.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 77 90
Map Sheet:TL79SE
Parish:WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

5 August 1989 and 1990. Found with metal detector. [1]
Roman coin, 1st-2nd century AD; see form in file.
Medieval gilt bronze disc with engraved fleur de lys, perhaps inlaid in leather? Harness mount?
13th century ring brooch, plain ring with pin made of sheet looped round. Polaroid (S1) NCM.
Identified by S. Margeson 1989-1990.
W. Milligan (NCM), 24 April 1990.

December 1997. [2]
A low mound was observed in the south-east corner of this field during a rapid identification survey of adjacent land.
This mound is now recorded under NHER 61570.
See NHER 61570 for further discussion from the 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
D. Gurney (NLA), 9 December 1997. Amended by H. Hamilton (HES), 3 June 2020.

March 2020. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field I7. [3].
Medieval spur.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 28 January 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 14 October 2023.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DISC (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPUR (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

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