Record Details

NHER Number:10858
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman, medieval and post-medieval finds

Summary

Roman pottery sherds, tile fragments and the upper stone from a quern; Roman and medieval coins and Roman and medieval to post-medieval metal objects were recovered as stray finds and through metal-detecting. The metal finds include a Roman brooch; a medieval ring brooch, buckle and hasp; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and a post-medieval silver hilt plate, finger ring and hilt band from a whittle tang knife.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TM08NE
Parish:KENNINGHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1975. On ploughed surface. [1 and 2].
Upper stone of quern, slightly domed bun-shaped type.
Also tile fragments and Roman sherds, weathered.
A. Gregory (NAU), 5 June 1975.

1987. [3].
Nine Roman coins, list in file.
Spring head brooch mid 1st century AD.
Bronze bowl ?Roman.
Roman brick and coarse grey wares.
Medieval copper alloy 13th century ring brooch.
Long cross penny Henry III without sceptre, 1248 to 1250 moneyer NICOLE ON CANT Canterbury IM star. See (S1).
13th century copper alloy buckle.
Medieval hasp.
Coin of Edward I? CIVITAS CANTOR.
Coin of Edward I, CIVITAS LONDON.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU) and S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 2 March 1988.

June-July 2012. Metal-detecting.
Three medieval coins and post-medieval silver knife hilt plate.
See lists in file.
E. Darch (HES), 9 August 2012.

August-September 2014. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field JB9. Site extended to whole field. [4].
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
Post-medieval finger ring.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 10 February 2015.

May 2019. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field [5]. Previous extent recorded as Context 1. [6].
NHRG052019 - PAS details to follow.
A. Beckham (HES), 23 July 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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

  • BOWL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PADLOCK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1309 AD to 1310 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINGER RING (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Publication: British Museum. 2014. Treasure Act Annual Report 2012. p 53.
---Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 9.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 08 NE 14.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Publication: North, J. J. 1963. English Hammered Coins. Class 3.

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