Record Details

NHER Number:9106
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Saxon metal find

Summary

An unusual Late Saxon copper alloy key was found in 1975.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 017 991
Map Sheet:TM09NW
Parish:GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1975. Found while digging potatoes in field behind Lyng Waite Cottages. [1].
Bronze key with large circular head, with open work decoration. Suspension loop at top of head is in same plane as head,
(unusual). See (S1). Drawing (S2) in the Illustration Library.
See correspondance from D. Wilson and L. Webster (British Museum staff) July 1975.
E. Rose (NAU).

May-June 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
The objects previously recorded under this number are now recorded under NHER 62938.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 August 2018.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • KEY (LOCKING) (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 7.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 09 NW 20.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Publication: Almsgren'bronsnycklar och Djurornamen Tik' Hi, R.71. E.14.
<S2>Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1975. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy key.. Card. 1:1.

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