Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31258 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric to post-medieval objects, Early Saxon Stutzarnfibel brooch |
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Summary
Metal-detecting in 1994 recovered part of an unusual Stutzarnfibel style Early Saxon small-long brooch from the 5th century, and the arm of a medieval balance. Roman coins were also found. Fieldwalking as part of the Holkham Estate Survey recovered a scatter of prehistoric burnt and worked flints and pieces of Iron Age, Roman and medieval pot. Metal-detecting in 2010 recovered Roman coins, Iron Age/Roman, Romano-British, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects including an Iron Age/Roman unidentified object and a post-medieval end-cap from an iron scale-tang knife.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 93 40 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF94SW |
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| Parish: | WARHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1994 or earlier. Metal-detecting finds. [1].
Early Saxon very unusual head plate of small-long brooch, with knob at top in the round, and three ring-and-dots in a transverse row and border of stamped annulets. H-shaped lug on reverse, (S1). Stutzarnfibel 5th century, (S2).
Medieval arm of balance, facetted central knob, one arm sheared off. Other has pierced triangular terminal with a wire ring looped in it, (S3).
See (S4) in file.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 6 June 1995.
1994. Metal-detecting finds.
Roman two coins.
See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM), 12 January 1996.
V. Fryer (NCM), 17 June 1997.
2000. Systematic Fieldwalking Survey.
Non-collection fieldwalking undertaken as part of archaeological assessment of Holkham Estate (Field 1).
Finds of four periods were recovered, along with a few pieces of undated tile. These were:
Thin scatter of flint flakes towards the eastern end of the field. There was also a concentration of burnt flints, probably prehistoric.
Two modest concentrations of coarse black flint-gritted sherds, probably Iron Age.
A scatter of coarse grey-ware sherds at the east end of the field, Roman.
Two sherds pottery, medieval.
See report (S5) for further details.
K. Penn (NAU), 2 March 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 April 2015.
Before 23 February 2010. Metal-detecting.
Three Roman coins, Romano-British, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 July 2010.
Before 29 November 2010. Metal-detecting.
Iron Age or Romano-British copper alloy object and post-medieval knife end-cap.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 1 September 2011.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BURNT FLINT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 321 AD to 321 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 355 AD to 361 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- BALANCE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Birdsall, J.. 1994. Drawing of an Early Saxon small-long brooch head fragment.. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Unknown. 1994. Drawing of an Early Saxon Stutarnfibel brooch.. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S3> | Illustration: Birdsall, J.. 1994. Drawing of a medieval balance arm.. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S4> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
| <S5> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2000. The Holkham Estate, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Archaeological Survey (Final Report). Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 532. |
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