Record Details

NHER Number:25007
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Prehistoric flint flakes and a scraper, a Roman brooch and finger ring, Roman coins, and a Roman buckle loop fragment with dolphin heads, an Early Saxon brooch, a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount and other metal finds dating from the Early Saxon to post medieval periods.

Images

  • A Roman copper alloy cosmetic mortar from Hindringham. The mortar is in the shape of a fish.  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service. NWHCM 1997.698.1:A

Location

Grid Reference:TF 98 36
Map Sheet:TF93NE
Parish:HINDRINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

November 1988. Finder's Field 8.
Illegible As 1st to 2nd century.
Identified by D. Gurney (NAU).
A. Rogerson (NAU) 19 December 1988.

1994. Generally located finds.
Worked flint.
Roman, Late Saxon and medieval metalwork.
Roman coin.
Post medieval jetton.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 20 March 1995.

1994/June 1995. Metal detecting finds
Roman coin, buckle and palette.
Late Saxon box mount. This find was reidentified as a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount by D. Williams in 1997, see Monograph (S1).
Medieval metalwork.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 13 October 1995.

1995/6. Fieldwalking and metal detecting finds.
Worked flints.
Roman brooch.
?Early Saxon objects.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 29 May 1996.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PALETTE (COSMETIC) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • RING (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STIRRUP STRAP MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BOX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: HAN 34-5.
---Illustration: White, S.. 1995. Drawing of a Roman mortar.. Film. 2:1.
---Photograph: 1995. LCN 21-22, Late Saxon box mount.
---Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Late Saxon stirrup strap mount. Paper. Unknown.
<S1>Monograph: Williams, D. 1997. Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts. A classification and catalogue. A contribution to the study of Late Saxon ornamental metalwork.. CBA Research Report. No. 111. No 83; pp 39-40; Fig 27.

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