Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11674 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated enclosure and Saxon finds |
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Summary
Aerial photography revealed the cropmarks of an undated rectangular enclosure. Metal detecting in 1990 recovered a relatively rare Viking age silver ingot, and a fragment of Saxon pottery was found in 1991.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39SW |
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| Parish: | DITCHINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Cropmarks of rectangular enclosures in this field.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 October 1976.
November 1990. Metal detecting near west edge, midway down.
Silver ingot, weight 8.81g. Viking age, see extract from (S1) in file. (S2) in the Illustration Library.
May 1991. Field under recently tractor hoed beet.
One base sherd pimply Ipswich Ware. NCM.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 26 April 1991.
Monument Types
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Undated)
- SITE (Undated)
Associated Finds
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- INGOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: Margeson, S. 1980-1996. S. Margeson's personal notes on individual finds. Find Description Notes. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TM 3392A ADY 20 to D ADY 23. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Blackburn, M. A. S. and Rogerson, A. 1993. Two Viking age silver ingots from Ditchingham and Hindringham, Norfolk: the very first East Anglian finds. Medieval archaeology. Vol XXXVII pp 222-4. |
| <S2> | Illustration: White, S.. 1991. Drawing of an Early/Middle Saxon silver ingot.. Card. 2:1. |
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