Record Details

NHER Number:36576
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Prehistoric, Roman, Early Saxon, medieval and post-medieval finds

Summary

Fieldwalking and metal-detecting between 2001 and 2019 recovered prehistoric worked and burnt flints; Iron Age and Roman pottery sherds; Roman coins; aswell as Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Iron Age bow brooch; a Roman harness fitting and steelyard weight; an Early Saxon brooch; a medieval buckle and spindle whorl; and a post-medieval tap, a button, a window came fragment and a furniture handle escutcheon.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 84 14
Map Sheet:TF81SW
Parish:GREAT DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Late May/early June.
Substantial concentration of Roman sherds and minor concentrations of Iron Age sherds and undatable prehistoric flints.
See (S1) and lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 December 2001.

Before 9 May 2002. Metal detecting.
Flint flake.
Seven Roman coins.
Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval metal finds.
Including Iron Age Late Hallstatt brooch (S2).
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 September 2002.

November/December 2002. Metal detecting. Area in southwest corner of field.
Flint scraper.
Five Roman coins.
Roman sherds.
Roman, medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 31 January 2003.

2005. Metal-detecting.
Medieval spindle whorl.
Post-medieval lead window came fragment and a furniture handle escutcheon.
See descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 28 May 2008.

July-November 2019. Metal-detecting. [1].
6 Roman coins.
Early Saxon small long brooch.
Information from PAS import.
See distribution maps (S1).
E. McDonald (HES), 21 October 2020.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • BORER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 98 AD to 117 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 164 AD to 169 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 271 AD to 274 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 360 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 520 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CAME (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TAP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: 2002. KTK 9-12, Iron Age brooch fragment..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Map: Finder's Map..
<S2>Illustration: White, S.. 2003. Drawing of a Iron Age brooch.. Film. 2:1.
<S3>Unpublished Document: Crace, G.. 2019. Find Heatmaps by Period for the North and South of the River Nar Metal-detecting Project. Finder's map.

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