Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4612 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman to Early Saxon and medieval finds |
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Summary
A piece of Roman amphora (storage jar) was found here in 1948. Metal-detecting in 2021 recovered medieval coins and a number of other metal objects, including a Middle/Late Bronze probable axehead fragments; a Roman brooch and terret ring; a Roman/Early Saxon brooch; a Late Saxon/medieval lead spindle whorl; a medieval rotary key and a medieval/post-medieval bell.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 89 06 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF80NE |
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| Parish: | HOLME HALE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1948. Stray Find.
Neck of Roman amphora found here.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (possibly accessioned under NWHCM : 1949.33, along with Roman material from NHER 4813)
R.R. Clarke (NCM). Information from record card (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 November 2023.
18 September 2021. Metal-detecting. [1].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [2].
A. Beckham (HES), 15 March 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 12 December 2023.
September 2021-May 2022. Metal-detecting. [3].
Roman strap-mounted and skirted terret ring.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 10 May 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 16 December 2023.
23 September 2021. Metal-detecting. [4].
Roman brooch.
Roman/Early Saxon penannular brooch.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 14 October 2023.
April-May 2022. Metal-detecting. [5].
Middle/Late Bronze copper alloy blade edge, probably from axehead.
Late Saxon/medieval lead spindle whorl.
Medieval rotary key.
Medieval/post-medieval bell.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 16 May 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 12 December 2023
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 801 BC)
- AMPHORA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 100 AD)
- HARNESS FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman to Early Saxon - 100 AD to 650 AD)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to Medieval - 900 AD to 1400 AD)
- BELL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1200 AD to 1800 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1500 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1306 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 80 NE 14. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Holme Hale. |
Related records - none
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