Record Details

NHER Number:20038
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Middle to Late Saxon finds

Summary

Fieldwalking on this uncovered three Middle Saxon and one Late Saxon pottery fragments. A late 9th or early 10th century AD copper alloy strap fitting was also found on this site.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 012 796
Map Sheet:TM07NW
Parish:BLO NORTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1983 - 1984. Surface finds.
Three base sherds fine sandy Ipswich.
One base Thetford type.
Copper alloy strap-end, Borre style, late 9th-early 10th century (formerly NHER 21120), (S1) and (S2).
I.D. A. Rogerson (NAU) and S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NAU), January 1985. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 17 January 2020.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Margeson, S. 1980-1996. S. Margeson's personal notes on individual finds. Find Description Notes.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Photograph: CSF 11-14.
<S1>Illustration: Unknown. 1985. Drawing of a Middle/Late Saxon copper alloy strap end.. Film. 2:1.
<S2>Thesis: Richardson, C. 1993. The Borre Style in the British Isles and Ireland. A Re-assessment. p 34.

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