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Norfolk Heritage Explorer

Record Details

NHER Number:	30897
Type of record:	Find Spot
Name:	Late Iron Age to Roman, Early Saxon and medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting in 1994 and between 2020-2023 recovered Late Iron Age/Roman (Roman issue) and Roman coins and a number of other metal objects, including a Roman key, cosmetic mortar, furniture fitting, pin and copper alloy vessel escutcheon; an Early Saxon brooch and medieval buckle pins.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:	TG 28 03
Map Sheet:	TG20SE
Parish:	YELVERTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1994. Metal-detecting. [1].
Found at [2]:
Roman vessel escutchen.
See polaroid image (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM), 3 August 1994.

March 2020-September 2023. Metal-detecting [3].
1 Late Iron Age/Roman coin (Roman issue sestertius).
9 Roman coins, a key, cosmetic mortar, furniture fitting and pin.
Early Saxon small-long brooch.
2 medieval buckle pins.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [4].
P. Beers (HES), 26 September 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 20 May 2024 and 1 September 2024.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

COIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 1 AD to 250 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COSMETIC MORTAR (Roman - 50 AD to 250 AD)
KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 150 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 161 AD to 180 AD)
COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 268 AD)
COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 285 AD)
COIN (Roman - 313 AD to 317 AD)
COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
BROOCH (Early Saxon - 450 AD to 550 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1450 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1450 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

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