Record Details

NHER Number:39359
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Bronze Age axe, Late Saxon balance and multi-period metal objects

Summary

Metal detecting in 2003 recovered a large number of metal objects dating largely to the medieval and post medieval period. A Late Bronze Age socketed axehead and a Late Saxon balance were also recovered.

Images

  • A Late Saxon suspension unit from a balance found in Starston.  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service and S. White

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TM28SW
Parish:STARSTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

March-April 2003. Metal-detecting.
Late Bronze Age (S1), Late Saxon (S2) and medieval finds.
See lists in secondary file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 May 2003.

April-May 2003. Metal-detecting.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See list in secondary file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 June 2003.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • 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

  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BALANCE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WINDOW FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2004. Treasure Annual Report 2003. p 123; No 247; Fig 247.
---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2003. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe.. Film. 1:1.
<S2>Illustration: White, S.. 2003. Drawing of a Late Saxon incomplete copper alloy suspension unit.. Film. 2:1.

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