Record Details

NHER Number:44086
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal-detecting between 2006 and 2018 recovered prehistoric worked flint, including Late Mesolithic blade cores, a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead and late prehistoric flakes, a blade and a trial piece; Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton and undated, Iron Age, Late Iron Age/Roman, Roman and Late Saxon to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an undated bell; an Iron Age terret; a Late Iron Age/Roman linch pin fragment; Roman brooches, tweezers, a furniture fitting and a steelyard weight; a Late Saxon/medieval harness link, spindle whorl, and whetstone; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval spindle whorl; medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and a post-medieval furniture fitting, bell rowel spur and harness mount.

Images

  • Medieval harness fitting from NHER 44086  © Norfolk County Council
  • Romano-British brooch from NHER 44086  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TM09NW
Parish:ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

January-February 2006. Metal-detecting.
2 Roman brooches (1 disc, 1 dolphin) and 1 lead steelyard weight.
1 Late Saxon/medieval hone stone.
1 medieval coin.
1 medieval/post-medieval vessel leg.
1 post-medieval coin.
Coins identified by J. Davis (NCM) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 19 March 2006.
Amended by J. Page. 3 April 2014.

June-July 2009. Metal detecting.
An Iron Age silver coin, Roman, medieval and post-medieval pottery, post-medieval mounts, buckle, rowel spur and undated bell.
See list in file.
E. Darch (NLA), 18 August 2009.

September-October 2009. Metal-detecting.
Medieval coin and post-medieval buckle.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 April 2010.

November-December 2009. Metal-detecting.
One medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 January 2010.

May-June 2010. Metal-detecting.
2 ?Late Mesolithic flint blade cores.
1 undatable Late Prehistoric flint trial piece, 1 small blade and 8 flakes (one an unusual red colour).
1 Iron Age terret.
Medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 July 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 April 2013.

July-August 2010. Metal-detecting. Site extended.
Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See list and annotated aerial photograph in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 16 September 2010.

March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 25 May 2011.

January-February 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Saxon/medieval harness link (S1).
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 April 2014.

September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
Roman brooch.
1 medieval coin.
Post-medieval harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2014.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval jetton.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 July 2016.

April-June 2018. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Iron Age/Roman linch pin fragment with missing enamel (S2).
Roman copper alloy bell-shaped mount, and a Colchester Derivative Hinged T-shaped brooch.
Late Saxon/post-medieval spindle whorl.
2 medieval coins, 1 pottery sherd, and buckles.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 August 2018.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 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

  • BELL (Unknown date)
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE CORE (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
  • BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • TRIAL PIECE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • LINCH PIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 100 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 14 AD to 37 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 55 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 55 AD to 80 AD)
  • WHETSTONE (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Late Saxon to 16th Century - 1000 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1377 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1485 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BELL (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)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1559 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1688 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2014. Drawing of incomplete medieval four-way harness link. Film. 2:1.
<S2>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2018. Drawing of a Late Iron Age/Roman linch pin. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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