Record Details

NHER Number:39544
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Bronze Age casting waste, part of a Bronze Age axe and Roman coins were found by metal detecting. Two Late Saxon disc brooches have also been found, one is an important example of a Late Saxon brooch bearing the image of a backward-turning beast. Medieval and post medieval coins and metal finds have also been found by metal detecting.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 10 20
Map Sheet:TG12SW
Parish:GREAT WITCHINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

September 2002. Metal detecting. Field 20.
2 Roman, 9 medieval and 2 post medieval coins. 2 post medieval jettons.
Late Bronze Age, Late Saxon, medieval, and post medieval metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 July 2003.

Summer 2005. Metal detecting rally, finders' field 50.
Only one find, a James I halfpenny, diameter 13mm, weight 0.45g, dating 1603-1625.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 September 2006.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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)

Associated Finds

  • CASTING WASTE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (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)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FERRULE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT MEND (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

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