Record Details

NHER Number:41003
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal detecting recovered a Roman miniature axe, a Saxon vessel mount and a medieval strap end. The mount may have come from a hanging bowl. The exact location of this discovery is unclear.

Images - none

Location

Parish:METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

May and 1 September 2003. Metal detecting. Location within parish uncertain.
Roman miniature axe (S1).
Saxon vessel mount (S2) ?from hanging bowl.
Medieval strap end (S3).
See (S4) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 November 2004.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • MINIATURE OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HANGING BOWL (Early Saxon to Late Saxon - 411 AD to 1065 AD)
  • VESSEL (Early Saxon to Late Saxon - 411 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Wreathall, D.. 2003. Drawing of a Romano British flat axe head.. Card. 2:1.
<S2>Illustration: Wreathall, D.. 2003. Drawing of an Early Medieval vessel mount.. Card. 2:1.
<S3>Illustration: Wreathall, D.. 2004. Drawing of a Medieval strap end.. Card. 2:1.
<S4>Unpublished Document: Portable Antiquities Scheme. Portable Antiquities Database sheet.

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