Record Details

NHER Number:52907
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon and medieval pottery

Summary

Metal-detecting in 2009 and again 2011 recovered Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and medieval/post-medieval pottery, a Middle Saxon gold object and two medieval harness mounts.

Images

  • Undatable unidentified object from NHER 52907  © Norfolk County Council
  • Undatable unidentified object from NHER 52907  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG32NE
Parish:EAST RUSTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Before 22 June 2009. Metal-detecting.
Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds, undatable casting waste. Collected from the site of a possible Saxon grubenhauser (NHER 38600).
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 July 2009.

December 2009. Metal-detecting.
Middle Saxon gold tongue-shaped strap end or buckle plate.
Submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2010 T142) and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2011.754).
See amended Treasure report in file.
E. Darch (HES), 16 February 2011 3 January 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 June 2020.

Before 15 April 2011. Metal-detecting.
Fragments of two medieval probable harness mounts.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 2 February 2012.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STRAP END? (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Publication: British Museum. 2012. Treasure Act Annual Report 2010. p xxii.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

Related records

38600Related to: Possible Saxon settlement site (Monument)
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