Record Details

NHER Number:37264
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 2002 and 2022 recovered an Early Neolithic flaked flint axehead or adze; a post-medieval pottery sherd; medieval coins and a range of other undated and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include an undatable lead weight; a Roman brooch fragment; a Middle/Late Saxon prick spur; medieval buckles and a horse-harness mount; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy cooking vessel leg and lead weight and a post medieval hooked tag, rowel spur, crotal bell, silver hooked tag, silver cufflink element and lead cloth seal.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG01SE
Parish:MATTISHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

April 2002. Metal-detecting.
2 medieval coins.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 May 2002.

Before 19 June 2003. Metal-detecting.
Site extended to whole field.
Middle/Late Saxon prick spur. See drawing (S1).
Medieval/post-medieval lead weight.
Post-medieval hooked tag and rowel spur.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 July 2003. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 February 2024.

December 2003-January 2004. Metal-detecting.
Undatable lead weight.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 February 2004.

February-March 2004. Metal-detecting.
Undatable lead weight.
Medieval buckle, possible spur buckle and horse-harness mount.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 April 2004.

March-April 2004. Metal-detecting.
Medieval/post medieval copper alloy cooking vessel leg.
1 post-medieval sherd and a crotal bell.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 May 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 February 2024.

August - September 2004. Metal detecting.
Roman brooch fragment.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 October 2004.

Before 1 April 2008. Metal detecting.
Early Neolithic flaked flint axehead or adze.
Post-medieval lead cloth seal.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 May 2008.

March 2020-October 2022. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 medieval coin.
Post-medieval silver hooked tag and silver cufflink element (18th century).
Information from PAS import.
The post-medieval silver hooked tag was submitted for consideration as Treasure (Ref: 2022 T1251). As the silver cufflink element is likely to be less than 300 years old it doesn't meet the criteria for Treasure.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 January 2024, 9 March 2024 and 1 September 2024.

DDMD112024 – PAS details awaited. [2]
Finder’s field 'Neil Alston Field 6'.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 December 2024.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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

  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • ADZE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FLAKED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PRICK SPUR (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • PRICK SPUR (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1217 AD to 1242 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1485 AD to 1509 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1507 AD to 1508 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CUFF LINK (18th Century - 1725 AD to 1800 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Illustration: White, S. 2003. Drawing of a Middle/Late Saxon copper alloy prick spur. Film. 2:1.

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