Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32286 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period finds |
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Summary
Sporadic metal-detecting between 1996 and 2019 and a watching brief in 2009 recovered a number of prehistoric flint flakes and a retouched flake; Roman, medieval, and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton and Roman, Early Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman plate brooch with the remains of colourful enamelling over the entire surface; a Roman/medieval copper alloy vessel fragment; an Early Saxon small-long brooch; medieval and medieval/post-medieval buckles; a medieval pot mend and strap fitting; a medieval/post-medieval button and a post-medieval cloth seal and copper alloy handle from an unidentified tool or implement.
Images
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 16 13 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11SE |
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| Parish: | TAVERHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1996. Metal detecting.
Roman plate brooch of 'composite' type - open circle joined to solid triangle. Circle has seven external projections. Remains of colourful enamelling over entire surface. Remains of hinged pin lug and catch plate on back. 2nd century.
See (S1) in the Illustration Library.
Polaroid taken by NCM.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM).
H. Geake (NCM) 31 October 1996.
Before 21 October 2009. Metal detecting. Site Extended.
1 Roman coin, an Early Saxon small- long brooch, 2 medieval buckles and a post medieval jetton.
See description in file,
A. Rogerson, (NLA), February 2010.
March-August 2009. Watching Brief.
East Hills to Norwich Ring Main Water Pipeline Scheme (Field 3).
A number of prehistoric flakes and a retouched flake were recovered along with metal objects dating to the Roman, medieval and post-medieval periods.
See report (S1) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.90).
S. Howard (HES), 28 February 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015 and 11 May 2019.
3 January 2013. Metal-detecting. [2].
Medieval/post-medieval button.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2013.
3 February 2013. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval buckle and strap-loop.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2013.
12 February 2014. Metal-detecting. [4].
Post-medieval copper alloy handle from an unidentified tool or implement.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 April 2014.
July 2018-March 2019. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 Roman coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 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
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD? to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 138 AD to 192 AD)
- SMALL LONG BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1230 AD to 1400 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1450 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1280 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval to 18th Century - 1350 AD to 1720 AD)
- BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1600 AD)
- CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (16th Century - 1571 AD to 1571 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Phelps, A. 2010. An Archaeological Watching Brief on the East Hill to Norwich Ring Main Water Pipeline Scheme. NAU Archaeology. 2056. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Holness, A. 1996. Drawing of a Roman plate brooch.. Paper. 1:1. |
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