Norfolk Heritage Explorer

Location

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1990 to 1991. Fieldwalking.
General spread of pottery:
Three Roman greyware.
Two Oxfordshire red-slip, including largish base sherd.
One medieval unglazed, one glazed Grimston.
One oxidised Roman or late medieval transitional.
One unidentified sandy sherd.
Roman bronze key handle found. Pelta-shaped openwork decoration and remains of iron stem in socket. [1].
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 March 1991.

December 2010-January 2011. Metal-detecting.
4 medieval and 1 post-medieval coin, and 2 post-medieval jettons.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 21 February 2011.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. Site extended to whole field. [2].
1 post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2015.

February-March 2016. Metal-detecting. [3].
Middle/Late Saxon disc brooch.
4 medieval coins, a buckle and a casket key.
Medieval/post-medieval spur rowel.
Post-medieval harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 May 2016 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 January 2021.

June-July 2017. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead fragment.
Roman key fragment.
5 medieval coins, buckles, a strap-end, possible harness pendant, thimble, copper alloy seal matrix and copper alloy cup weight.
3 post-medieval coins and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 5 September 2017 and P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2021.

July-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [5].
Late Saxon openwork stirrup-strap mount.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 December 2020.

2023. Metal-detecting. [6].
Middle/Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead.
Early Iron Age sword-scabbard chape (S1).
Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged awl.
1 Late Iron Age coin (gold quarter stater of the Iceni).
Roman Colchester-derivative brooch.
Roman/Early Saxon tweezers.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024 and 23 February 2025.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
• FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)
• FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 BC)
• FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD to 650 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 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

• POT (Undated)
• SOCKETED SPEARHEAD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 801 BC)
• SOCKETED SPEARHEAD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1100 BC to 800 BC)
• AWL (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
• SCABBARD (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 800 BC to 601 BC)
• COIN (Late Iron Age - 30 BC to 10 BC)
• KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• TWEEZERS (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD to 600 AD)
• BROOCH (Roman - 60 AD to 150 AD)
• BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
• STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1300 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1189 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1247 AD)
• BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
• BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1203 AD to 1216 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1210 AD to 1213 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1218 AD to 1222 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
• BUCKLE (Medieval - 1275 AD to 1450 AD)
• STRAP END (Medieval - 1275 AD to 1400 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
• BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
• KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
• SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
• THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
• WEIGHT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
• JETTON (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1343 AD)
• ROWEL SPUR (Medieval to 17th Century - 1400 AD to 1700 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1460 AD to 1490 AD)
• COIN (Medieval - 1466 AD to 1466 AD)
• COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1490 AD to 1504 AD)
• JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1497 AD to 1521 AD)
• COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1582 AD to 1603 AD)
• COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1582 AD to 1603 AD)
• JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
• COIN (16th Century - 1594 AD to 1596 AD)
• HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
• BUCKLE (17th Century - 1620 AD to 1680 AD)
• JETTON (17th Century to 18th Century - 1650 AD to 1750 AD)
• BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1720 AD)
• COIN (17th Century - 1690 AD to 1699 AD?)

Protected Status - none

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• Parish Summary: Runhall (Parish Summary)