Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15748 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon sword, River Little Ouse |
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Summary
A Late Saxon iron sword was found during dredging of the River Little Ouse in 1978. The sword was found complete, but in two pieces, after being bent in half.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 757 869 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL78NE |
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| Parish: | HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1978. Found on north bank of River Little Ouse, near Leylands Farm. In material dredged from river.
Late Saxon iron sword, completed but in two pieces.
A. Gregory (NAU) 5 February 1980.
Sword had been 'killed' by bending it, with a hole drilled at the bend; this had caused it to later break.
See (S1).
Grid reference supplied by informant to S. Margeson (NCM) 10 September 1981.
(S2) in file.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- SWORD (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Margeson, S. 1982. Late Saxon Sword. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVIII Pt II pp 211-212. |
| <S2> | X-ray: X-ray (NX 728 to NX 731 and NX 744). |
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