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Record Details

NHER Number:34456
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible Early Saxon Inhumation Cemetery

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1999 and 2012 recovered Neolithic and prehistoric worked flints; Early Saxon and medieval pottery sherds; medieval and post-medieval coins and metal objects dating from the Iron Age to post-medieval periods. The metal finds include part of an Iron Age brooch; a Roman harness mount; a Saxon coin pendant, gold bead and brooches, including a fine square-headed example; a medieval horse harness pendant and several buckles; medieval/post-medieval vessel fragments and a mount and post-medieval hooked tags, a harness mount, lead alloy button, cloth seal and half of a Jew's harp. In 2009 the site was reinterpreted as a possible inhumation cemetery, based on the discovery of Early Saxon pottery.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG02SE
Parish:REEPHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

March-April 1999. Metal-detecting.
Medieval copper alloy horse harness suspension mount and pendant.
See S. J. Ashley's drawing (S1), blazon and description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 May 1999.

9 October 2005. Metal-detecting rally. Site extended over two former fields.
1 Iron Age/Roman brooch (Colchester type).
1 Roman harness mount.
1 Early Saxon brooch (gilded, square headed brooch, Leeds type B1).
1 medieval brooch fragment (anular).
1 post-medieval ?sword pommel fragment.
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 December 2005.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 4 March 2014.

See (S2) for gold coin and bead.
E. Darch (NLA), 8 May 2006.

9 October 2005. Metal-detecting rally.
1 Early Saxon coin pendant (solidus of Anastasius), 1 brooch fragment (Cruciform), 1 brooch (small-long) and 1 gold bead.
3 medieval coins and 1 composite strap-end fragment.
3 post-medieval coins.
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See description in file.
Early Saxon coin pendant and gold bead acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2007.92.2 and NWHCM : 2007.92.1 respectively).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 July 2006. Updated by J. Page (HES), 13 March 2014 and amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 May 2020.

9 October 2005. Metal-detecting rally.
Found at same time and in same area as Early Saxon metal objects [probably an inhumation cemetery]:
4 Early Saxon pottery sherds.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 March 2009.

December 2005-January 2006. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval/post-medieval copper alloy chafing dish fragment (15th/16th century).
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 February 2006.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 4 March 2014.

Before 20 October 2010. Metal-detecting.
2 medieval and 2 post-medieval coins, post-medieval token, medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 1 March 2011.

Before 2 March 2011. Metal-detecting.
Prehistoric worked flints, medieval pot sherds, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 17 May 2011.

March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
Two medieval coins.
See lists in file.
A. Marsden (HES), 9 May 2011.

February-March 2012. Metal-detecting.
Two post-medieval coins and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 30 March 2012.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • 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 (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

  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FABRICATOR (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BEAD (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • COIN (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • PENDANT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1281 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1305 AD to 1306 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1509 AD to 1526 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JEWS HARP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1578 AD to 1580 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and British Museum. 2008. Treasure Annual Report 2005/6. pp 92 and 208; Nos 269 and 1162; Fig 269.
---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101.
---Serial: 2010. Treasure Hunting.. June. p. 11.
---Serial: July 2010. The Searcher. The Searcher. p 64.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
<S2>Unpublished Document: Ashley, S. and Williams, B. (BM). 2005. Potential Treasure find from Near Aylsham, Norfolk (2005 T474).

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