Record Details

NHER Number:28523
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Fieldwalking here during 1991 recovered sherds of Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery. Subsequent metal-detecting in 1999, 2003 and 2012 recovered Roman, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval jettons and Bronze Age, Roman, Late Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Bronze Age adze, part of a Roman key, a brooch made from a medieval coin of Henry VII the Count of Luxembourg, medieval lead ampullae and a post-medieval coin weight.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG13SE
Parish:WICKMERE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Early 1991. Found in fieldwalking. Finder's site W6.
Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post medieval pottery.
See lists and plans in file for full details.
Information from member of the public [1].
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA).
E. Rose (NLA) October 1991.

August 1999. Metal detecting.
Two Roman, nine medieval and nine post medieval coins.
Possibly Late Bronze Age (S1), Roman, possibly Late Saxon, medieval, post medieval and undated metal finds.
See finds lists, coin lists and original field finds lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 21 June 2000.

September 2003. Metal detecting.
Brooch made from coin of Henry VII, Count of Luxembourg (1288-1309).
Submitted for consideration as Treasure and subsequently acquired by British Museum (2008,4095.1). See British Museum Treasure Report in file.
Details of other finds made at the same time to follow.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 16 December 2003. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2020.

March-May 2012. Metal-detecting.
One Roman coin; medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects; two post-medieval tokens and one jetton.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 12 June 2012.

Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • 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

  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Undated)
  • MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Undated)
  • POT (Undated)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • ADZE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • ADZE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • RIVET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SEAL BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 192 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • COIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • EWER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HOOK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SKILLET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1480 AD to 1550 AD)
  • BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • MEDAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SKILLET (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1670 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2004. Treasure Annual Report 2003. p 100; No 161; Figs 161.1 and 161.2.
---Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2001. Treasure Annual Report 2000. p 101; No 219.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Holness, A.. 1999. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age adze.. Film. 1:1.

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