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Record Details

NHER Number:	34669
Type of record:	Find Spot
Name:	Prehistoric, Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1998 and 2020 recovered prehistoric worked flints; Roman and medieval pottery sherds; Roman tile fragments; Roman and medieval to post-medieval coins; post-medieval tokens and Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman furniture fitting; Late Saxon bridle cheek pieces; a Late Saxon to post-medieval lead weight and spindle whorl; a medieval buckle, brooch, Jew's harp, spur, harness pendant, and seal matrices; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragments, lead weight, knife handle and lead stylus or writing lead and a post-medieval thimble, mount, strap fitting and harness mount.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:	TG 47 11
Map Sheet:	TG41SE
Parish:	MAUTBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

9 August 1998. Metal detecting rally. [1].
2 Roman coins.
2 medieval seal.
Medieval vessel fragment.
Early post medieval button.
Post medieval coin.
See lists in file.
Map provided by Kate Sussams shows a larger area was metal detected than previously thought (Field to East of Mill Hill Home probably NOT searched. No finds reported from there but field outlined in red on map).
All finds recorded in field to West of Mill Hill Home were made in south and east parts.
Finds not already reported:
Roman silver coin.
Medieval silver coin.
2 copper alloy Roman coins.
Early post medieval mount.
Medieval buckle and brooch pin.
Roman tile and Samian sherds.
See list in file and 1:25,000 scale map with find spots.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 March 2000.

14 November 1998.
Late Saxon bridle cheek piece.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 July 1999.

1998. Field observation. Found on rally at sometime as previously reported metal objects. [2].
3 undatable Prehistoric, ?Bronze Age, flints.
See P.A. Robins' (NCM) description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 22 December 2000.

August to September 2000. Metal detecting. [3].
Roman greyware, 1 bodysherd.
Medieval bodysherd, gritty/ pimply oxidised with reduced surfaces, probably early medieval. Too thin to be Ipswich ware.
K. Hinds (NLA), 12 October 2000.

August to September 2000. Metal detecting. [4].
1 flint.
1 Roman coin.
See lists in file.
K. Hinds (NLA), 13 October 2000.

August 2001. Metal detecting.
Prehistoric flints.
Late Saxon bridle cheek piece (POL).
Medieval Jews harp.
Late medieval/early post medieval coin.
Lists in file.
S. Ashley (NLA), 1 November 2001.

July - August 2007. Metal detecting.
Prehistoric flint flake and undatable pewter casting waster.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 September 2007.

Before September 2009. Metal detecting.
Post-medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Marsden (NLA), 18 May 2010.

Before 1 August 2012. Metal-detecting.
One Roman and one medieval coin and a fragment of medieval binding strip.
See lists in file.
E. Darch (HES) and A. Rogerson (HES), 4 September 2012.

August-September 2012. Metal-detecting.
Two Roman and one post-medieval coin; Roman, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 13 September 2012.

January-February 2015. Metal-detecting. [5].
5 medieval coins.
Medieval/post-medieval lead stylus or writing lead and a copper alloy vessel fragment.
2 post-medieval coins and 2 tokens.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 March 2015.

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

September-October 2016. Metal-detecting. [7].
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead weight.
Medieval buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval knife handle.
Post-medieval mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

July-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [8].
1 Roman coin.
Late Saxon to post-medieval spindle whorl.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 October 2017.

October-November 2018. Metal-detecting. [9].
Medieval shield-shaped harness pendant, part of a rotating vertical 'banner' with two lions.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020.

January 2020.Metal-detecting. [10].
1 medieval/post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 March 2020.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to 19th Century - 851 AD to 1900 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

CASTING WASTE (Undated)
BORER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 364 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 64 AD to 260 AD)
COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
COIN (Roman - 286 AD to 293 AD)
BRIDLE BIT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
WEIGHT (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CAULDRON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
JEWS HARP (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1189 AD to 1200 AD)
STYLUS (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1400 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1279 AD to 1302 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1333 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1461 AD to 1544 AD)
KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1583 AD to 1585 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1584 AD to 1587 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1589 AD to 1592 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1591 AD to 1594 AD)
MOUNT (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1659 AD to 1659 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1669 AD)
COIN (17th Century - 1697 AD to 1697 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---	Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---	Map: Finder's Map..
---	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.

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