Record Details
| NHER Number: | 39692 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon and post-medieval finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 2003 and 2023 recovered a Late Saxon coin and gold fitting with a glass inlay which is probably part of a 16th-century dress fastener.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72SE |
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| Parish: | LITTLE MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before 31 March 2003. Metal-detecting.
Post-medieval gold fitting with glass inlay (weighing 0.79g), probably part of a 16th-century dress fastener. Similar objects can be seen in 16th English painted portraits but no other examples have been reported as treasure or are in public collections.
See (S1) and (S2) in file.
This gold dress fastener was disclaimed as Treasure (Ref: 2003 T92) and returned to the finder.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 May 2003 and M. Dennis (NLA), 5 April 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 February 2025.
November 2023. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Late Saxon coin.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [2].
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Late Saxon - 1053 AD to 1056 AD)
- DRESS FASTENER (DRESS) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2004. Treasure Annual Report 2003. p 118; No 230; Fig 230. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Thornton, D.. 2003. Treasure Report. Post medieval dress fitting from Little Massingham, Norfolk.. |
Related records - none
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