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Record Details

NHER Number:20587
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Early Saxon settlement and multi-period finds

Summary

This is the site of an Early Saxon settlement, and fragments of Early Saxon pottery have been found during field walking. Metal-detecting and field walking between 1978 and 2015 recovered prehistoric worked flints; Iron Age, Roman, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins and undated and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman button-and-loop fastener; Early Saxon dress accessories, brooch fragments and tweezers; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval strap-end or book clasp, key, sword scabbard chape, harenss mount and spur buckle; medieval/post-medieval lead weights and vessel and window came fragments; post-medieval cloth seals and undated spindle whorls, a mount and metalworking scrap.

Images

  • Early Saxon sleeve clasp from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon strap-end from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon buckle from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon cruciform brooch from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon cruciform brooch from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon cruciform brooch from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon cruciform brooch from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon girdle hanger from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon long brooch from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon sleeve clasp from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon sleeve clasp from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon strap-end from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon tweezers from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval key from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post-medieval buckle from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post-medieval cloth seal from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Post-medieval cloth seal from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon sleeve clasp from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval strap mount from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval scabbard from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon brooch from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon brooch from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval harness mount from NHER 20587 © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:TF 90 12
Map Sheet:TF91SW
Parish:FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1978 to 1984. Detailed field walking finds.
Varying conditions, see details in (S1).
Prehistoric sherds and flints; Roman sherds including bowl rim; large quantity Early Saxon wares including decorated; Ipswich and Thetford wares; medieval sherds including Early medieval and Grimston; post medieval including glazed red earthenware; Miscellaneous sherds; pottery spindle whorl; iron Knife; lead bar; tiles; clay pipe.
See (S1).
Identified and found by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 23 August 1984

27 February 1995. Metal-detecting by [1] in presence of A. Rogerson (NLA).
Part of foot, with mask below transverse mouldings of Early Saxon cruciform brooch. Old breaks at each end of fragment; corroded.
To be photographed.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 February 1995.

February 1995. Field walking and metal-detecting finds. Context 17.
3 more worked flints.
3 medieval lead pot mend.
2 ?date lead weights/spindle whorls.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), February 1996.

April-May 2008. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval strap end (?book clasp).
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 June 2008.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 11 March 2014.

August-September 2009. Metal detecting.
Iron Age/Romano-British, Romano-British, medieval, medieval/post-medieval and post-medieval metal objects, 2 post-medieval coins & jetton.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 October 2009.

September-October 2009. Metal-detecting.
Prehistoric flint flake, Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval sherds, 6 medieval and 9 post-medieval coins, 1 medieval and 2 post-medieval jettons, Iron Age/Roman (S3), Roman, Early Saxon (S4, S5 and S6), Middle Saxon/Late Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval, post-medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 November 2009.

March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
Romano-British pot sherd, 1 Roman, 2 medieval and 3 post-medieval coins, Early Saxon, medieval, post-medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 13 May 2011.

April-May 2011. Metal-detecting.
Prehistoric worked flints, Iron Age, Romano-British, Middle Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post-medieval pot sherds, 1 Roman, 5 medieval and 3 post-medieval coins, Early Saxon (S7 and S8), medieval, medieval/post-medieval, post-medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 14 July 2011.

December 2011-January 2012. Metal-detecting.
One medieval coin, Early Saxon, medieval, medieval/post-medieval, post-medieval and undatable metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 17 February 2012.

December 2011-January 2012. Metal-detecting.
Fragment of undatable gold strip.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 21 February 2012.

February-March 2012. Metal-detecting.
One Roman, one medieval and one post-medieval coin, Roman, Early Saxon including a Kentish belt mount (S9), medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 24 April 2012.

March-April 2015. Metal-detecting. [3].
Late prehistoric flint flake.
Early Saxon brooches.
4 medieval coins, buckles, strap fittings, a sword scabbard chape (S10) and harness mount.
Medieval/post-medieval lead weights.
2 post-medieval coins, cloth seals and a lead window came.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 1 June 2015.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 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

  • CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
  • KNIFE (Unknown date)
  • MOUNT (Unknown date)
  • POT (Unknown date)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Unknown date)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Unknown date)
  • TILE (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Early Iron Age - 4000 BC to 401 BC)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • RAZOR (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 69 AD to 96 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • CRUCIFORM BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • GIRDLE HANGER (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • LONG BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • STRAP END (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 530 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 530 AD)
  • POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • EAR RING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CAME (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CANDLESTICK (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • RING (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • RIVET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Medieval to 12th Century - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1600 AD)
  • COIN (12th Century - 1190 AD to 1200 AD)
  • BUCKLE (12th Century to 15th Century - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (12th Century to 14th Century - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (12th Century to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (13th Century - 1203 AD to 1216 AD)
  • COIN (13th Century - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
  • COIN (13th Century to 14th Century - 1300 AD to 1301 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (13th Century to 14th Century - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (13th Century to 14th Century - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (14th Century - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • BUCKLE (14th Century to 15th Century - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (14th Century - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CAME (16th Century to 17th Century - 1540 AD to 1700 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (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)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1560 AD to 1561 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1730 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1603 AD to 1604 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1614 AD to 1625 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---*Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G90. AJGR.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
<S2>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2008. Drawing of a medieval strap-end probable book clasp.. Film. 2:1.
<S3>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2009. Drawing of an Iron Age/Roman incomplete probable razor.. Film. 2:1.
<S4>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2009. Drawing of an Early Saxon side knob of a cruciform brooch.. Film. 2:1.
<S5>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2009. Drawing of an Early Saxon detachable side knob of a cruciform brooch.. Film. 2:1.
<S6>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2009. Drawing of an Early Saxon unidentified object.. Film. 2:1.
<S7>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2011. Drawing of an Early Saxon wrist clasp.. Film. 2:1.
<S8>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2011. Drawing of an Early Saxon strap-end.. Film. 2:1.
<S9>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of an Early Saxon copper alloy belt mount from a buckle set.. Film. 2:1.
<S10>Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of a medieval scabbard chape. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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