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Record Details

NHER Number:33348
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman and Middle Saxon to post-medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1997 and 2018 recovered Roman and medieval pottery sherds; Roman, Middle Saxon, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval to post-medieval jettons and tokens; and Middle Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Middle Saxon hooked tag; a Middle-Late Saxon brooch; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories, copper alloy vessel fragments and lead weights; a medieval harness pendant, mirror case and seal matrix; a medieval/post-medieval sieve and a post-medieval harness mount and lead cloth seal.

Images

  • Medieval seal matrix from NHER 33348 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval seal matrix cast from NHER 33348 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval mirror case from NHER 33348 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post-medieval cloth seal from NHER 33348 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval buckle from NHER 33348 © Norfolk County Council
  • Middle Saxon ansate brooch from NHER 33348 © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:TG 47 12
Map Sheet:TG41SE
Parish:FILBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK
MAUTBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

1997. Metal detecting finds.
Roman 2 coins. See list in file.
Middle Saxon fragment of cast copper alloy hooked tag, (S1). Sub-triangular head plate with stubs of 2 attachment holes. Collar below head with top of hook. Circle of white cement shows position of applied feature. Middle Saxon 7th/9th century.
Medieval cast copper alloy strap end/mount fragment in the form of a stylised animal head. Gilded. Triangular field between ears has groove at back but otherwise incomplete. Copper alloy bezel terminal. Early medieval 11th/12th century.
V. Fryer (NCM) 24 June 1997.

July - August 2003. Metal detecting.
Site extended. See hard copy NHER map for original extent.
Medieval harness pendant.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 September 2003.

July - August 2003. Metal detecting (rally).
Medieval copper alloy buckle, broken and twisted, oval with integral plate, broken perforation for (missing) pin. Remains of two rivet-hole at attachment end. 39 x 39mm (straightened out).
S. Ashley (NLA), 28 October 2003.

June 2007. Metal detecting.
Medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 July 2007.

July-September 2013. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Roman coin.
Middle-Late Saxon brooch.
3 medieval coins, 1 jetton, buckles, hooked tag, lace tag, strap end, copper alloy vessel fragment, mirror case, thimble, lead seal matrix, lead weight and lead pot mend.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments and lead weights.
1 post-medieval coin, 2 jettons, 1 token, buckle, harness mount and lead cloth seal.
1 undatable lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 October 2013.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval/post-medieval sieve.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 November 2015.

July-September 2018. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 medieval pottery sherd and a buckle.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 October 2018.

November 2018-January 2019. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 Roman pottery sherd
1 Middle Saxon coin, a silver sceatta.
1 medieval coin and a dress hook.
1 medieval/post-medieval token.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4th February 2019.

January-February 2019. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 post-medieval jetton.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 March 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 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

  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • COIN (Middle Saxon - 675 AD to 710 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 700 AD to 900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1500 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • LACE TAG (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1251 AD)
  • MIRROR CASE (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1350 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SIEVE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1302 AD to 1350 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1326 AD to 1350 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1373 AD to 1415 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1375 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1413 AD to 1422 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval - 1450 AD to 1500 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1530 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUCKLE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1650 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1554 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1584 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1560 AD to 1561 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • JETTON (17th Century - 1608 AD to 1612 AD)
  • TOKEN (17th Century - 1668 AD to 1668 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>Illustration: Holness, A.. 1997. Drawing of a Middle Saxon fragment of cast copper alloy hooked tag.. Paper. 1:1.

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