Record Details

NHER Number:5117
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval and post medieval finds

Summary

A medieval silver bracelet, medieval and post medieval pottery and a small medieval or post medieval pewter dish and other finds, recovered when a hedge was removed in 1962.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 8029 9333
Map Sheet:TL89SW
Parish:MUNDFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1 July 1962. Brecklands Estate, west side of 'Rosamund' in removing a hedge.
At depth of 45cm (1' 6") a silver bracelet was found, small pewter dish, small sherd of early medieval pottery, and modern bottles, crockery and scrap metal ?modern collecter's dump.
Site examined by A.P. Baggs, 2 July 1962, and by R.R. Clarke (NCM) and E.B. Green (NCM) 13 July 1962 when 2 trial holes discovered 15cm to 30cm (6"-1') of light soil over brownish sand.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BRACELET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Mundford.

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