Record Details
| NHER Number: | 29392 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period finds |
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Summary
Metal-detecting between 1992 and 2011 and fieldwalking in 2013/2014 recovered undated, Roman, Early/Middle Saxon and medieval pottery sherds; Roman and medieval coins; and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Iron Age La Tène brooch; a Roman mirror edge fragment and silvered head or iron pin or needle; an Early Saxon buckle; a Middle Saxon pin; the arm of a pair of Late Saxon tweezers; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval lead cloth seal, part of a cauldron and book clasp; a medieval/post-medieval sheet mount and a post-medieval knife end-stop and harness mount.
Images
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 74 18 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NW |
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| Parish: | GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September to October 1992. Metal detecting and general finds. Southwest of Great Barn Farm.
Roman, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, medieval finds, metalwork, coins, pottery.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 12 January 1993.
Before 24 Jan 2011. Metal-detecting.
Iron Age, Romano-British, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 14 June 2011.
January-November 2011. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 12 March 2013.
September 2013-September 2014. Fieldwalking. [3].
1 Roman pottery sherd.
1 Early/Middle Saxon pottery sherd.
4 medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 March 2015.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 410 AD to 850 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
- POT (Undated)
- BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- MIRROR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NEEDLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUCKLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 450 AD to 700 AD)
- PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- TWEEZERS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BADGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUTTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOUNT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1335 AD to 1343 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Egan, G.. 1992. Letter. Medieval Lead Cloth Seal from Gayton.. 29 December. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
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