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Record Details

NHER Number:	38156
Type of record:	Find Spot
Name:	Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal detecting in this area in 2003 and 2012 recovered a prehistoric flint flake; a medieval coin; a post-medieval jetton and a number of other, medieval to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include an undatable fragment of tweezers; medieval possible spur buckles, a lead spindle whorl, lead weight and lead pot mend; medieval/post-medieval buckles, a copper alloy ring and lead weights; a potentially medieval/post-medieval lead vessel repair and a post-medieval belt mount, furniture handle, crotal bell, copper alloy cauldron foot and lead cloth seal.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:	TG 22 21
Map Sheet:	TG22SW
Parish:	BUXTON WITH LAMMAS, BROADLAND, NORFOLK
	STRATTON STRAWLESS, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

February 2003. Metal-detecting. [1].
From what was previously three fields (containing NHERs 23782, 24930, 33860 and 35837):
Undatable fragment of tweezers.
1 prehistoric flint flake.
1 medieval coin, 2 possible spur buckles, a lead spindle whorl, lead weight and lead pot mend.
2 medieval/post-medieval buckles, a copper alloy ring and 3 lead weights.
?Medieval/post-medieval lead vessel repair.
1 post-medieval jetton, 1 pottery sherd, drop handle from drawer pull, crotal bell, copper alloy cauldron foot and lead cloth seal.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 14 March 2003. Expanded by P. Watkins (HES), 22 April 2025.

August 2012. Metal-detecting. [2].
Post-medieval belt mount.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2025.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 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

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CAULDRON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

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

Related records

33860	Related to: ?Palaeolithic, Neolithic and undatable Late Prehistoric worked flints (Find Spot)
35837	Related to: Multi-period metal objects (Find Spot)
23782	Related to: Roman and post-medieval pottery sherds (Find Spot)
24930	Related to: Roman glass bead (Find Spot)