Record Details

NHER Number:40854
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Bronze Age, Roman, Middle/Late Saxon and medieval finds

Summary

Metal detecting between 2004 and 2006 recovered Roman and medieval coins; aswell as Late Bronze Age, Roman, and Middle/Late Saxon metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Bronze Age socked hammer; a Roman duck brooch; and a Middle/Late Saxon brooch.

Images

  • A Bronze Age socketed hammer from Lynford.  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service

Location

Grid Reference:TL 82 88
Map Sheet:TL88NW
Parish:BRECKLAND
LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

July 2004. Metal detecting in forest.
One Roman and two medieval coins.
Roman duck brooch.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 October 2004.

May 2006. Metal-detecting. [1].
Middle/Late Saxon disc brooch.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the north and west. Previous extent recorded as Context 1
E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2018.

Before 30 May 2006. Metal detecting.
Late Bronze Age socketed hammer (S1) found near northwestern corner.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 July 2006.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • HAMMER (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2006. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socked hammer.. Film. 1:1.

Related records - none

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