Record Details

NHER Number:25525
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period metal and pottery finds

Summary

Fieldwalking and metal detecting between 1989 and 2006 recovered Roman coins, Saxon pottery fragments, medieval pottery fragments and medieval and post medieval buckles.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 77 95
Map Sheet:TL79NE
Parish:CRANWICH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

May 1990. Fieldwalking and metal detecting.
1st/2nd century As (accreted and corroded).
1st/2nd century illegible coin.
?Late Saxon sherds, medieval unglazed sherds.
Lyvedon ware grooved handle sherd; 13th century (cfompare with Fordham).
Cistern bung hole sherd.
Badly corroded gilt bronze buckle with foliage decoration on frame.
(S1).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 31 May 1990.

August 1989. Fieldwalking and metal detecting.
?Post medieval bronze 'tray' (centre missing) ? From candlestick.
?solder round one side; peat stained.
Early post medieval buckle.
?Medieval bell.
Medieval pottery including early medieval rim sherd, late medieval/Transitional rim.
And green glazed Grimston, unglazed with inclusions ?from Cambridgeshire.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 4 September 1989.

8 September 1989.
Smooth Ipswich Ware rim fragment.

March 1990. Fieldwalking and metal detecting. West end of site.
Late Saxon shelly type ware sherds.
Medieval sherds including late medieval Transitional and green glazed Grimston.
Post medieval bronze buckle with integral suspension loop for dagger etc.
Unidentified lead convex disc.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 23 April 1990.

27 February 2006. Metal detecting.
Two medieval brooches.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA),15 September 2006.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to 19th Century - 651 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CANDLE HOLDER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DAGGER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DISC (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.

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