Record Details

NHER Number:43976
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Unprovenanced Late Saxon to medieval finds (Weasenham St Peter, poorly located)

Summary

Metal-detecting in this parish in around 2001 recovered a Late Saxon stirrup strap mount, a fragment of remarkable 11th/12th century candlestick base and a medieval coin.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TF82SE
Parish:WEASENHAM ST PETER, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

About 2001. Metal detecting. Purchased finds.
Medieval coin, '19 November 2001 opposite (see Notes)'
Late Saxon stirrup strap mount and fragment of remarkable 11th/12th century candlestick base (S1), with no further details of provenance.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 8 March 2006.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • CANDLESTICK (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Article in Monograph: Ashley, S. 2016. Anglo-Norman elite objects from castle and countryside. Castles and the Anglo-Norman World. Proceedings of a Conference held at Norwich Castle in 2012. Davies, J. et al (eds). pp 281-298. Fig 18.3 No 17.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2006. Drawing of a fragment of remarkable 11th/12th century candlestick base.. Film. 2:1.

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