Record Details

NHER Number:28374
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman, medieval and post-medieval finds

Summary

Fieldwalking between 1990 and 1991 recovered fragments of Roman, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery, while metal-detecting in 2015 recovered a medieval coin and a number of other metal objects, including a Late Saxon/medieval lead weight and medieval strap ends, a buckle, thimble, harness mount, mount, spindle whorl and balance pan.

Images

  • Medieval StrapEnd from NHER 28374  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval strap end from NHER 28374  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval mount from NHER 28374  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval harness pendant from NHER 28374  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:TG 02 08
Map Sheet:TG00NW
Parish:GARVESTONE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1990 to 1991. Fieldwalking. [1].
Finds from one area within field.
Four fragments of Roman greyware, and two scraps.
Ten medieval unglazed fragments.
Eight glazed Grimston fragments.
Two Late medieval Transitional fragments.
One Martincamp flask
One Glazed Red Earthenware fragment
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 March 1991.

January-February 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 medieval coin.
Late Saxon/medieval lead weight.
Medieval strap ends (S1), a thimble and buckle.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field.
All except the coin previously recorded under NHER 28374.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 April 2014. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 August 2023.

February-March 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval harness mount, mount, spindle whorl and balance pan.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 May 2015.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1500 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BALANCE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1306 AD to 1307 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of an incomplete medieval copper alloy one-piece hollow-cast trapezoidal socketed strap end. Film. 2:1.

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