Record Details

NHER Number:28238
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Sporadic metal-detecting between 1989 and 2017 recovered Late Iron Age, Roman and medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval jettons and undatable and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman brooch, pin, bracelet, seal box, harness pendant and furniture fitting; an Early Saxon brooch; Middle Saxon pins; a Late Saxon box mount; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval rotary keys, seal matrices, a pendant, brooch, purse fragment and spur; medieval/post-medieval thimble and a coin weight and post-medieval harness mounts, weights, a book fitting, seal, key and a pin.

Images

  • Medieval brooch from NHER 28238  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval seal matrix from NHER 28238  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval seal matrix cast from NHER 28238  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TF70NW
Parish:FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1989 or before. Metal detecting. [1].
Site overlaps NHER 16537.
Roman brooch, pin and bracelet.
Early Saxon brooch fragment.
Middle Saxon pin.
Late Saxon hooked tag and cast animal head.
Medieval copper alloy objects, coins, jettons.
Post medieval copper alloy objects, coins, jettons, weights.
See list in file.
W. Milligan (NCM), 7 August 1990.

Before 2 September 2002. Metal detecting.
2 Roman silver coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 February 2003.

Before 25 April 2006. Metal detecting.
3 Roman, 4 medieval and 2 post medieval coins.
Roman, Middle Saxon, medieval (S1), post medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists, drawing and annotated aerial photograph in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 August 2006.

January-February 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Late Iron Age coin.
2 Roman coins.
1 Late Saxon coin.
3 medieval coins, rotary keys, a brooch and buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval coin weight.
Post-medieval harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 April 2015.

October-November 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
3 Roman coins.
3 medieval coins, a strap-end, seal matrix and casket key.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 January 2016.

July-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 October 2017.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 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)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 30 BC to 1 AD)
  • BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SEAL BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 69 AD to 81 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 164 AD to 169 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 271 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 321 AD to 323 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 367 AD to 375 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • DRESS COMPONENT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • VESSEL (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • COIN (Late Saxon - 895 AD to 910 AD)
  • BRASS (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • LOCKING MECHANISM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPUR (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 - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STUD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1251 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1254 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1301 AD to 1302 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1307 AD to 1309 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1650 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DRESS COMPONENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---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.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2006. Drawing of a medieval oval buckle frame.. Film. 2:1.

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