Record Details

NHER Number:30017
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal detecting has recovered Roman, Saxon, medieval and post medieval objects. They include a Roman coin, a possible Early Saxon shield mount, a possible Early Saxon pendant or girdle hanger, Middle and Late Saxon strap ends and part of a 16th century silver pin.

Images

  • Drawing of an Early Saxon shield mount from NHER 30017  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG04SW
Parish:LETHERINGSETT WITH GLANDFORD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

July/August 1993. Metal detecting.
Post medieval coins and token.
Late Saxon and medieval metalwork.
See list and coin form in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 September 1993.

1994. Metal detecting.
Roman and post medieval coins.
Middle Saxon strap end.
Medieval metalwork.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 April 1994.

October/November 1995. Metal detecting.
Early Saxon shield mount (S2). Bronze, Two shanks on reverse. Style II chip-carved ornament and in form of bird. Traces of gilding on reverse. Comparable to Frankish bird brooches.
PAS details awaited - E. McDonald (HES), 17 June 2020.
?Early Saxon very strange ?pendant ?girdle hanger. Tapering end broken with rounded moulding, rest is a flat strip with pairs of projecting ?broken loops at other end.
Early post medieval book clasp, two rows of nine ring-and-dots.
Polaroid (S1) NCM.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 April 1996.

2001. Metal detecting.
Find recorded on the PAS database [1]:
Post-medieval silver pin head.
Information from PAS import.
Other find recorded by NLA:
Medieval/post medieval thimble.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 January 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 May 2020.

(S2) - PAS details to follow.
J. Richards (HES), 15 February 2018

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 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

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • GIRDLE HANGER (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • PENDANT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • SHIELD (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2002. Treasure Annual Report 2001. pp 81-82; No 155; Fig 155.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S2>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2017. Drawing of Early Saxon shield mount. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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