Record Details

NHER Number:35636
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting at this location in 2000 and 2017 recovered Roman coins; post-medieval jettons and a range of other metal objects, including undated lead weights and a lead pot mend; a possible Roman acorn-shaped vessel handle terminal; an Early Saxon spangle; a Middle/Late Saxon pin; a Late Saxon strap end and copper alloy ingot; a Late Saxon/medieval padlock; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval mounts and end caps from knife handles; a potentially medieval unusual buckle frame (or possibly a Middle Saxon 'shroud hook') and cast copper alloy ring; a medieval/post medieval purse bar, clapper bell and cast copper alloy ring and a post-medieval thimble, book clasp, lead cloth seals and lead harness mount.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 89 01
Map Sheet:TF80SE
Parish:SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

January-May 2000. Metal detecting. [1].
Undated lead weights and a lead pot mend.
26 Roman coins.
?Roman acorn-shaped terminal (perhaps from vessel handle).
Early Saxon spangle.
Late Saxon strap end and copper alloy ingot (S1), (S2)
Late Saxon/medieval fragment of case from barb-spring padlock.
Medieval buckles, mounts, fragments of mounts, strap ends of buckle plates, end caps from knife handles.
?Medieval unusual buckle frame (or possibly a Middle Saxon 'shroud hook') and cast copper alloy ring.
Medieval/post medieval buckles, a purse bar, clapper bell and cast copper alloy ring.
2 post-medieval jettons, buckles, buttons, thimble, book clasp, lead cloth seals and lead harness mount.
Undated - three metal objects.
See lists in file.
K. Hinds (NLA) 29 August 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 January 2024.

April-May 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
Middle/Late Saxon ball-headed pin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 January 2024.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman to 19th Century - 43 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD? to 850 AD?)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 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)
  • WEIGHT (Undated)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SPANGLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • HOOK (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 700 AD to 1000 AD)
  • BARREL PADLOCK (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • INGOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BARREL PADLOCK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Ashley, S.. 2000. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy ingot.. Film. 1:1.
<S2>Illustration: Ashley, S.. Unknown. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy ingot.. Film. 2:1.

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