Record Details

NHER Number:37473
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting at this location between 2002 and 2022 recovered a prehistoric retouched flint flake; medieval and post-medieval coins and a number of other metal objects, including an Early Saxon brooch; a medieval harness pendant and a post-medieval furniture stud and spoon.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 06 12
Map Sheet:TG01SE
Parish:MATTISHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

August 2002. Metal detecting.
1 medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 September 2002.

11 to 12 September 2003. Metal-detecting.
Early Saxon small-long brooch.
Medieval horse-harness pendant.
Post-medieval furniture stud.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 November 2003.

July 2004. Metal detecting.
Halfpenny of Richard III.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 October 2004.

March 2005. Metal detecting.
1 prehistoric retouched flint flake.
Early Saxon cruciform brooch.
Post medieval spoon.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 April 2005.

February 2022. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [2].
P. Watkins (HES), 21 January 2024.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPOON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1607 AD to 1609 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Photograph: 2003. KTX 31, Early Saxon small long brooch fragment..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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