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Record Details

NHER Number:28732
Type of record:Monument
Name:Multi-period finds and possible Early Saxon inhumation cemetery

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1991 and 2013 recovered post-medieval pottery; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and Iron Age to post-medieval and undatable metal objects. The metal finds include an Iron Age terret; fragments of Early Saxon brooches, buckles, pendants, a girdle hanger and a sleeve clasp; a Middle Saxon pin; Late Saxon brooch; medieval buckles, harness fittings, a harness pendant and a casket key; post-medieval dress accessories, harness fittings, a crotal bell and other metalwork and undatable metalworking debris. The Early Saxon finds from this site suggest an Early Saxon inhumation cemetery in the area.

Images

  • Early Saxon cruciform brooch from NHER 28732 © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TM19NE
Parish:BRACON ASH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

18 August 1991. Metal detecting finds east of [1].
Casting jet, copper alloy, unknown date.
17th century openwork button.
Medieval D shaped buckle.
15th/16th century belt mount, openwork quatrefoil spikes on reverse.
16th century circular bronze buckle, scalloped edge.
Identified S. Margeson (NCM) 19 August 1991.

Early Saxon gold pendant, loop missing and cross in centre missing, made of four concentric bands of beaded wire.
Denarius forgery of Augustus, 13 BC.
See list in file.
?Late Saxon ?disc brooch fragment with central lug and copper alloy wire pin.
Iron Age terret.
Three medieval copper alloy vessel legs.
Vessel body fragment.
Lead die, uneven, 6/4, 5/4, 2/4 and some asymmetric.
Medieval gilded copper alloy harness pendant, open lozenge, with hanging small lozenge within frame and ribbed frames.
Medieval base of fastener with animal head terminal.
W. Milligan (NCM) 19 August 1991.

17 September 1991. Metal detecting find.
Early Saxon Heavy duty copper alloy buckle, no pin.
British Museum (Medieval and Later Antiquities) suggested this was medieval (NCM does not agree).
Identified W. Milligan (NCM) 29 November 1991.

1992.
Three Roman coins found.
Coin form in file but no other record
E. Rose (NLA) 7 December 1992.

1993. Metal detecting finds.
2nd century rabbit/hare plate brooch.
4th/5th century buckle plate.
Early Saxon girdle hanger.
Early Saxon cruciform brooch, in fact small long, A. Rogerson (NLA)
Early Saxon wrist clasp.
Middle Saxon pin head.
Three 7th century mounts, (S1, S2 and S3).
Medieval strap end or book clasp.
Attachment for stud for harness or pendant.
13th century casket mount.
14th century strap end buckle.
Medieval cauldron leg.
Post medieval upholstering stud.
Post medieval candle snuffer.
Post medieval buckle.
Early post medieval harness mount.
Undated: bronze rod, rivet, part melted rod/ingot, plate.
Identified S. Margeson (NCM) 1993.

Fifteen 2nd to 4th century coins.
Medieval halfpenny.
Three post medieval coins.
See list in file.
Identified J. Davies (NCM) February and July 1993.
W. Milligan (NCM) 26 October 1993.

April 1993. Metal detecting finds.
Two Roman coins.
See list in file.
Identified J. Davies (NCM) 26 April 1993.
One copper alloy object, unknown date and use, possible Roman.
Possible Medieval forked fragment, unknown use.
W. Milligan (NCM) 15 April 1993.

1993. Metal detecting finds.
1st century denarius.
See list in file.
Identified J. Davies (NCM) 11 November 1993.

Early Saxon small long brooch head plate and fragment of bow. Broken lug on reverse.
Copper alloy object, British Museum (Prehistoric Roman British Antiquities) have no ideas.
W. Milligan (NCM) 10 November 1993.

Before 25 August 2000. Metal detecting.
Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant.
Copper alloy horse harness pendant in form of a rose, bent, traces of blue enamel in centre, original surface treatment of metal missing.
A. Rogerson, (NLA) 18 October 2000.

Finds from this site along with those from NHER 30214 suggest an Early Saxon cemetery at this location.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 30 January 2009.

March 2012. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field WG2.
Six Roman, two medieval and two post-medieval coins, Early Saxon (S4), Middle Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 1 May 2012.

March 2013. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, field WG2. [2].
Early Saxon cruciform brooch, incomplete.
Medieval harness pendant.
Post-medieval crotal bell.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2013.

September 2013. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, field WG2. [3].
SET092013 - PAS details to follow.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 March 2014.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • INHUMATION CEMETERY (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
  • HARNESS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 141 AD to 141 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • GIRDLE HANGER (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • PENDANT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • PENDANT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 520 AD)
  • BOX (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BOX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DIE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DRESS COMPONENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1150 AD to 1250 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CANDLE HOLDER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STUD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Jones, C.. 1993. Drawing of a Middle Saxon gilded fragment of a mount.. Paper. 1:1.
<S1>Illustration: Jones, C.. 1993. Drawing of a Middle Saxon gilded fragment of a circular mount.. Paper. 1:1.
<S1>Illustration: Jones, C.. 1993. Drawing of a Middle Saxon gilded fragment of a pelta shaped mount.. Paper. 1:1.
<S4>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of a distorted fragment of footplate Early Saxon copper alloy Great square-headed brooch.. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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