Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19796 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon brooch and pottery |
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Summary
An Early Saxon brooch and fragments of Early Saxon pottery found during metal detecting in 1983. In 2009 a Late Saxon harness fitting was recovered.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 00 36 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03NW |
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| Parish: | GUNTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1983. Context 2. Found in ploughsoil with metal detecting at very edge of field, opposite east gatepost of house across road.
Foot and bow fragment of small cruciform brooch.
A. Gregory (NAU) 3 December 1983.
November 1988.
7 gritty and sandy bodysherds and possible bowl rim in sandy handmade fabric. Probably Early Saxon.
Centred on findspot of brooch, which finder [1] says was at above grid reference, and not [2] as previously marked.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 11 August 1989.
December 2009. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon harness link.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 January 2010.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- HARNESS FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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