Element record MNT27917 - Finds from metal detecting survey at Limes Farm

Summary

Metal finds from metal detecting done by South Nottinghamshire Field Detectives in November 2016.

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 72748 33466 (402m by 470m)
Map sheet SK73SW
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Langar cum Barnstone, Rushcliffe

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Henry II - Hammered Silver Cut Penny - 0.7g - London Mint

Lead Artefact - 24.2g

Roman Coin - House of Constantine - Constantinopolis Issue on 8 November AD 324

George V - Halfpenny

Saxon - Dress or Hair Pin Head - Polyhedral Head Design

George III - Halfpenny Possibly stamped with the name 'Hill'

Pewter Button - Some of these types of buttons featured an image of the Virgin Mary

Elizabeth I - Groat (fourpence) - 1.2g

Lead Weight - possibly a net weight used for trapping - 12.8g

George III - Halfpenny - Soho Mint, Birmingham, Third Issue

Roman Coin

George V - Halfpenny

Pewter Button

It looks likely that these objects have either been washed onto the field from out of the dyke itself during times of flooding, or they have found their way there following many years of dyke dredging and related waterway improvement activities.


South Nottinghamshire Field Detectives, 2016, Limes Farm - Langar, Nottinghamshire: Field Survey Report, p. 13 (Unpublished document). SNT5350.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: South Nottinghamshire Field Detectives. 2016. Limes Farm - Langar, Nottinghamshire: Field Survey Report. p. 13.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2023 12:09PM

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