Record Details
| NHER Number: | 36227 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Find Spot |
|---|
| Name: | Multi-period finds |
|---|
Summary
Metal detecting in 2001 recovered a selection of Late Saxon brooches. All examples were of an equal-armed cross fleury design. A subseqent fieldwalking and metal-detecting survey in 2015 recovered a small number of finds including Neolithic/Bronze Age worked flints and Roman and post-medieval pottery sherds.
Images
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 40 99 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TM49NW |
|---|
| Parish: | NORTON SUBCOURSE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
May 2001. Metal detecting.
Found at [1] (Context 1):
Late Saxon Ae brooch (S2) in the form of an equal-armed cross fleury with broken pierced lug for pin and catch-plate on reverse. Dimensions of 30 x 32mm.
See for reference (S1).
Identified S. Ashley (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 2 July 2001.
October 2001. Metal detecting.
Found at [1] (Context 1):
Two brooch fragments of identical form to complete brooch found on site earlier in year.
See description in file.
S. Ashley (NLA) 6 December 2001.
November 2013. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey. Expanded to whole field [2].
Field survey of proposed extension to Norton Subcourse Quarry (Extraction Phase 15).
The small assemblage of finds recovered comprised:
4 Neolithic or Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age worked flints, including 3 flakes and 1 fragment.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
3 post-medieval pottery sherds.
No concentrations of material were identified.
The metal-detecting recovered only modern objects and other recent debris.
See report (S3) for further information and NHER 61882 for details of subsequent trial trenching.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 October 2016.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- DEBITAGE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: 2001. KTB 15-16, Two Late Saxon brooch fragments.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Publication: West. 1998. Figure 10 no. 12. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Holness, A.. 2001. Drawing of a Late Saxon brooch.. Film. 2:1. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Simmonds, C., Burke, J. and Wolframm-Murray, Y. 2014. Archaeological evaluation, northern and southern extensions, Norton Subcourse Quarry, Norfolk, November 2013. MOLA. 14/20. |
Related records - none
Find out more...