Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32821 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Early Saxon inhumation cemetery and multi-period finds |
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Summary
In 1988/1989 a small Neolithic part-polished flint axehead was found in this field. Metal-detecting between 1996 and 2006 and a systematic survey of part of the field in 2013/2014 recovered a range of finds including Mesolithic/Early Neolithic, Early Neolithic and Neolithic/Bronze Age worked flints; medieval and medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds; single fragments of post-medieval clay tobacco pipe and ridge tile and a number of metal objects. These metal finds include a Roman hairpin; several Early Saxon brooches and a wrist clasp and a Late Saxon strap end.
The nature and quantity of the Early Saxon finds suggest that is potentially the site of an Early Saxon inhumation cemetery.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF93NE |
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| Parish: | GUNTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1988 to 1989. Stray Find.
Surface find at [1]:
Neolithic small flint flaked axe, polished on both faces at its cutting edge.
Fresh condition. Ochreous staining. Length 109mm.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU).
Previously recorded as NHER 25735.
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NAU) 21 March 1990. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 August 2023.
1996/1997. Metal detecting finds.
From area about 150m across in centre of field:
5 Early Saxon brooches and 1 wrist clasp.
1 Late Saxon strap end.
Identified by V. Fryer (NCM). See (S1), (S2) and descriptions in file.
Early Saxon finds suggest the presence of an inhumation cemetery or burials.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 13 June 1997. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 July 2014.
Before 9 November 2005. Stray Find.
1 Neolithic flint biface (?axehead).
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 December 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 July 2014.
March/April 2006. Metal detecting.
1 Mesolithic/Early Neolithic tranchet axe sharpening flake.
11 ?Early Neolithic blades and blade-like flakes, 7 flakes, 2 retouched flakes, 1 denticulate and 3 end scrapers.
1 Roman copper alloy hairpin.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM) and hairpin by S. Ashley (NLA). See list and descriptions in file. These discoveries were reported in (S3).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 May 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 1 July 2014.
July 2013-April 2014. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Survey of proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 59).
Finds recovered at this location included:
3 prehistoric flint flakes and 1 blade.
2 Mesolithic/Early Neolithic retouched flint blades, 2 notched blades and 2 blades.
1 Neolithic flint ?piercer.
1 Neolithic/Bronze Age retouched flint flake and 1 flake.
1 undated pottery sherd (Roman or later).
2 medieval pottery sherds.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd.
1 post-medieval clay tobacco pipe fragment and 1 ridge tile fragment.
See report (S4) for further details.
Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 August 2023.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC?)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- INHUMATION CEMETERY (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 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)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Unknown date)
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- NOTCHED BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- RETOUCHED BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC)
- TRANCHET FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC?)
- BLADE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- BORER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- DENTICULATE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- END SCRAPER (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 3001 BC?)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC?)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC?)
- HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- STRAP END (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval to 17th Century - 1450 AD to 1650 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RIDGE TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
| <S2> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 250-261. p 250. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Evershed, R. and Pringle, I. 2015. Archaeological Non-intrusive Survey Report: Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry, Fieldwalking and Metal Detecting for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Electrical Connection, Norfolk. Allen Archaeology Ltd. AAL 2014060. |
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