Record Details

NHER Number:37668
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Middle Saxon to post medieval objects

Summary

Metal detecting in 2002 recovered a number of Middle Saxon and medieval pottery sherds, as well as a medieval coin, and a small number of Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal finds.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 26 26
Map Sheet:TG22NE
Parish:SWANTON ABBOTT, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October-November 2002. Metal-detecting.
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd (pimply Ipswich Ware).
1 Late Saxon stirrup terminal (Williams class 2 variant).
1 medieval coin, 3 pottery sherds (unglazed), 1 belt mount and 1 book clasp.
1 medieval/post-medieval cauldron lug fragment.
Pottery identified by A. Rogerson (NLA), coins by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 December 2002.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 18 March 2014.

Monument Types

  • 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

  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAULDRON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Illustration: 2001. Finds Illustration.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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