Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32821 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Early Saxon inhumation cemetery and multi-period finds |
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Summary
Metal-detecting on this site between 1996 and 2006 has recovered a number of Early Saxon brooches and an Early Saxon wrist clasp, suggesting that this is the site of an Early Saxon inhumation cemetery. A number of other finds have been recovered, including a Mesolithic/Early Neolithic, Early Neolithic and Neolithic worked flints, Roman hairpin and a Late Saxon strap end.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF93NE |
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| Parish: | GUNTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1996/1997. Metal detecting finds.
From area about 150m across in centre of field:
5 Early Saxon brooches and 1 wrist clasp.
1 Late Saxon strap end.
Identified by V. Fryer (NCM). See (S1), (S2) and descriptions in file.
Early Saxon finds suggest the presence of an inhumation cemetery or burials.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 13 June 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 July 2014.
Before 9 November 2005. Stray Find.
1 Neolithic flint biface (?axehead).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 December 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 July 2014.
March/April 2006. Metal detecting.
1 Mesolithic/Early Neolithic tranchet axe sharpening flake.
11 ?Early Neolithic blades and blade-like flakes, 7 flakes, 2 retouched flakes, 1 denticulate and 3 end scrapers.
1 Roman copper alloy hairpin.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM) and hairpin by S. Ashley (NLA). See list and descriptions in file. These discoveries were reported in (S3).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 May 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 July 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC?)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- 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 (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- TRANCHET FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC?)
- BLADE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- DENTICULATE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- END SCRAPER (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- STRAP END (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
| <S2> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 250-261. p 250. |
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