Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9125 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon loomweights (poorly located) |
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Summary
Six Early Saxon annular clay loomweights were discovered by a stream at Besthorpe. The exact location and nature of their discovery are uncertain.
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Location
Full description
Six annular clay loomweights found on flat land southeast of railway.
Discovered by a stream from (should be 'to'? - E. Rose (NLA)) Besthorpe.
Probably Early Saxon.
See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- LOOMWEIGHT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 09 SW 11. |
| --- | 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 - Early Saxon. Attleborough. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1940. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part II. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII Pt II pp 215-249. p 244. |
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