Record Details

NHER Number:24295
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period metal finds

Summary

Metal detecting in 1998 and 2001 recovered a Roman seal box and a Saxon furniture fitting and strap end.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 22 23
Map Sheet:TG22SW
Parish:BRAMPTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK
BUXTON WITH LAMMAS, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

January 1988. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon openwork box mount, with remains of iron rivet in terminal hole, and iron rivet through flange at head. Lozenge-shaped with truncated head.
A. Gregory (NCM) 28 January 1988.

January/February 2001. Metal detecting.
Roman seal box. (S1)
?Late Saxon strap-end.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 March 2001.

September-October 2019. Metal-detecting. Iceni Tours. [2].
PAS details to follow.
Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent mapped at [3].
E. McDonald (HES), 3 March 2021.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

  • SEAL BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (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>Illustration: Dobson, D.. 2001. Drawing of a Roman seal box.. Film. 2:1.

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