Record Details

NHER Number:40862
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 2004 and 2022 recovered Late Prehistoric flint flakes; Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; a Roman box flue tile fragment; undatable copper alloy casting waste; Late Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval to post-medieval tokens and a range of other Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a Roman brooch, copper alloy furniture stud and lead steelyard weights; Late Saxon brooches, a strap end and strirrup-strap mount; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval thimble, harness mount, harness pendant, openwork censer cover, figurine from processional cross, lead weights and lead pot mend; a medieval/post-medieval sword or dagger pommel, copper alloy vessel fragments and lead weights and post-medieval back plates from furniture handles, a toy cannon, harness mount, lead weights, lead bird feeder and lead cloth seal.

Images

  • Late Saxon disc brooch from NHER 40862  © Norfolk County Council
  • Post-medieval sword or dagger pommel from NHER 40862  © Norfolk County Council
  • Late Saxon strap end from NHER 40862  © Norfolk County Council
  • Late Saxon brooch from NHER 40862  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG32SE
Parish:CATFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

August 2004. Metal detecting.
Undatable copper alloy casting waste.
2 Roman coins.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 September 2004.

March 2005. Metal detecting.
2 Roman pottery sherds.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 April 2005.

September-October 2007. Metal detecting.
2 medieval lead weights.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 24 November 2007.

December 2008-January 2009. Metal detecting
2 Roman pottery sherds
See list in file
A. Rogerson (NLA) 21 February 2009

July- August 2009. Metal detecting.
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin and 1 pottery sherd.
Post medieval lead weights and a lead cloth seal.
See descriptions in file.
Steven Ashley, (NLA) 24 September 2009

September-October 2010. Metal-detecting.
3 Late Prehistoric flint flakes.
1 Late Iron Age coin.
1 Roman coin, 6 pottery sherds and a lead steelyard weight.
Late Saxon disc brooch.
1 medieval coin, 2 pottery sherds, a horse-harness suspension mount, lead pot mend and lead weight.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd, a sword or dagger pommel and attachment loop from vessel drop handle.
1 post-medieval token, 1 pottery sherd and back plate from furniture handle.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 21 October 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 February 2024.

October-November 2010. Metal-detecting.
2 Late Prehistoric flint flakes.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
1 medieval/post-medieval token and lead weights.
See list in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 25 November 2010.

August-September 2011. Metal-detecting.
Roman lead steelyard weight.
Medieval buckle, thimble and lead weight.
5 post-medieval lead tokens and a toy cannon.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 26 September 2011.

September-October 2011. Metal-detecting.
4 Roman pottery sherds and a copper alloy furniture stud.
1 medieval pottery sherd.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 28 November 2011.

October-November 2011. Metal-detecting.
Roman lead steelyard weight.
Post-medieval lead apothecaries’ weight.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 23 November 2011.

December 2011-January 2012. Metal-detecting.
Post-medieval lead bird feeder.
See description in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 19 January 2012.

September-October 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 Roman coin and a lead steelyard weight.
Medieval buckle.
1 post-medieval token.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 11 November 2013.

September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
Medieval harness pendant and fragment of openwork censer cover.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 November 2014 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 February 2021.

October-November 2014. Metal-detecting. [3].
Late Saxon Scandinavian disc brooch.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 July 2016.

November 2014-January 2015. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Roman coin, 6 pottery sherds, 1 box flue tile fragment and a brooch.
Late Saxon strap end.
2 medieval pottery sherds and a strap end.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 10 February 2015.

January-February 2015. Metal-detecting. [5].
4 Roman pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 April 2014.

September-October 2016. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 Roman coin and 4 pottery sherds.
Medieval buckle.
Post-medieval harness mount and furniture handle back plate.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

January-February 2017. Metal-detecting. [7].
Post-medieval buckle frame.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 6 March 2017.

March-April 2017. Metal-detecting. [8].
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 May 2017.

December 2017-February 2018. Metal-detecting. [9].
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
1 Iron Age pottery sherd.
2 Roman coins.
Medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2018.

October-November 2022. Metal-detecting. [10].
Late Saxon strirrup-strap mount.
Medieval figurine from processional cross (S1).
Information from PAS import.
See [11].
P. Watkins (HES), 28 January 2024 and 13 May 2024.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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

  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 41 AD to 260 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 100 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 152 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 161 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 260 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 161 AD to 192 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 175 AD to 175 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 184 AD to 192 AD)
  • DISC BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 900 AD to 1000 AD)
  • STRAP END (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1100 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DAGGER (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SWORD (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CENSER (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
  • PROCESSIONAL CROSS (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1530 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
  • APOTHECARY WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BIRD FEEDER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1637 AD to 1642 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (17th Century to 18th Century - 1660 AD to 1730 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1669 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2023. Drawing of a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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