Record Details

NHER Number:39568
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman to post-medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 2003 and 2015 recovered Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval token and jettons and undated, Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an undated copper alloy ring; an Iron Age/Roman terret; a Roman brooch and furniture fitting; a Late Saxon brooch, stirrup strap mount and stirrup terminal; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories and harness mounts; a medieval horseshoe nail, bell and suspension ring; a medieval/post-medieval lead weight and copper alloy cauldron and vessel fragments and post-medieval book clasps, a lead cloth seal, weight, furniture hinge, sword belt fitting, dagger pommel and part of the arm from a spur.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 23 31
Map Sheet:TG23SW
Parish:SUFFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

May-June 2003. Metal-detecting. In field containing NHER 28296 and 36497.
5 Roman coins, 1 brooch (plate) and 1 stud.
1 Late Saxon strap-end, 1 belt mount,
1 medieval coin, 1 buckle, 1 bell fragment, 1 ?mount, 1 paper-clip rivet, 1 hooked belt mount and 1 large harness mount.
1 medieval/post-medieval strap-end hook and 1 casket hinge part.
4 post-medieval coins, 1 token, 1 sword belt hanger (gilt), 1 harness bar mount (tinned) and 1 furniture escutcheon plate.
1 ?post-medieval ?handle.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 July 2003.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 19 March 2014.

October-November 2003. Metal-detecting. [1]
2 medieval coins and 2 buckle frames.
1 medieval/post-medieval cauldron foot, 1 chafing dish fragment and 1 vessel drop-handle fragment.
1 post-medieval jetton, 1 buckle, 3 lead weights and 1 incomplete crucifix.
1 undatable ring.
Numismatic items identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 December 2003.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 1 May 2014.

February-March 2007. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Saxon brooch Borre-style disc brooch.
Identified by A. Cattermole (NLA). See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 April 2007.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 19 March 2014.

April-May 2007. Metal-detecting.
1 Late Saxon Borre-style disc brooch and 1 strap end (Thomas' class E type 1).
2 medieval coins.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA), disc brooch by A. Cattermole (NLA) and other object by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 June 2007.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 19 March 2014

23 August 2009. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 28.
One Roman, two medieval and three post-medieval coins, plus one post-medieval jetton.
Late Saxon stirrup strap mount and stirrup terminal.
Medieval horseshoe nail, suspension ring, strap-end and strap loop.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
Post-medieval belt mount, button, two book clasps, a lead cloth seal and part of an arm from a spur.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (HES), metal objects by I. Riddler.
See lists in file.
A. Beckham (HES), 26 January 2012.

December 2009-January 2010. Metal-detecting.
Iron Age/Romano-British terret.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 February 2010.

May-June 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
3 medieval coins.
Post-medieval sword belt fitting, furniture hinge and a belt mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 July 2014.

February-March 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
3 medieval coins.
Medieval/post-medieval dagger pommel.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 May 2015.

20 February 2016. Metal-detecting. Discovery Tours, Field 5. Site extended 190m to the north. [4].
Finds recorded by HES on the PAS database:
DT022016 - PAS details to follow.
Information from PAS import.
Finds identified by I. Riddler:
Details to follow.
A. Beckham (HES), 14 April 2016.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
  • 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)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • RING (Unknown date)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 100 AD to 199 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STIRRUP STRAP MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STIRRUP TERMINAL (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SHOEING NAIL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1194 AD to 1200 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1210 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1280 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1282 AD to 1289 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
  • DAGGER (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 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)
  • CRUCIFIX (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1554 AD to 1558 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1582 AD to 1603 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HINGE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1697 AD to 1697 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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