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Record Details

NHER Number:	31861
Type of record:	Find Spot
Name:	Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal detecting recovered finds dating from the prehistoric to the post medieval period. These included a prehistoric worked flint, part of an Iron Age terret decorated with enamel, medieval buckles and a harness, a medieval strap end and a post medieval thimble and weights. Roman, medieval and post medieval coins tokens and jettons were also found.

Images

Location

Grid Reference:	TG 11 33
Map Sheet:	TG13SW
Parish:	LITTLE BARNINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

March/April 1996. Metal detecting finds.
Post medieval thimble and weights amongst other late material.
See list in file.

April/May 1996. Metal detecting find.
?Late Saxon object.
See file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 June 1996.

May/June 1996. Metal detecting finds.
Prehistoric flint.
Roman and medieval coins.
Iron Age object, (S2).
Medieval and post medieval finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 August 1996.

December 1996/January 1997. Metal detecting finds.
Roman and medieval coins.
Medieval jetton, counter and coin weight.
Medieval buckles and harness.
Post medieval cloth seal.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 February 1997.

February/March 1997. Metal detecting finds.
Prehistoric worked flint.
Medieval metal finds, (S3).
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 April 1997.

September 1997. Metal detecting finds.
Medieval coin.
Post medieval tokens and jettons.
Medieval strap end.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 November 1997.

The Iron Age object is a terret. It is very similar to those in the Westhall Suffolk hoard.
See (S1).
M. Dennis (NLA), 26 April 2006.

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
GAMING PIECE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PENDANT (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)
TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
THIMBLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---	Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101.
---	Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1997. Drawing of a medieval horse harness pendant.. Film. Unknown.
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>	Website: British Museum. 2010. Westhall hoard. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=828998&partId=1&searchText=terret&page=1. 25 June 2010.
<S2>	Illustration: White, S.. 1996. Drawing of a fragment of an Iron Age unidentified object. Film. 2:1.