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Record Details

NHER Number:25856
Type of record:Monument
Name:Probable Early Saxon inhumation cemetery

Summary

Metal detecting has revealed the site of a probable Early Saxon inhumation cemetery. Early Saxon finds include brooches, girdle hangers and wrist clasps. Other finds from the site include Iron Age, Roman and medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton; a post-medieval token and a number of other metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Iron Age/Roman brooch; Roman brooches, bracelet fragments and a lock bolt; Middle/Late Saxon pins and a silver strap end; a Late Saxon strap fitting (possibly from a sword belt); medieval and post-medieval dress accessories; medieval mounts, a harness fitting, thimble, dagger scabbard chape, rumbler bell and lead weight; a medieval/post-medieval shoulder bolster from whittle-tang knife, copper alloy vessel fragment and writing lead and post-medieval harness mounts, a thimble and end stop from scale-tang knife.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TF71NW
Parish:EAST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

September 1990. Metal detecting. [1].
Location [2].
Probably Early Saxon inhumation cemetery.
Also Iron Age and Roman coins and Roman metalwork.
See lists and plan (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 September 1990.

1992. Metal detecting.
Early Saxon, Roman, Late Saxon metalwork.
See file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 November 1992.

1993 to 1994. Metal detecting. [3].
Roman coins and brooch.
Early Saxon wristclasp, (S3).
Medieval coin and spur.
Post medieval bell and buckle.
See details in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 August 1994.

Before 15 November 1999. Metal detecting. [3].
Three Roman, six medieval coins, post medieval token.
Early Saxon, medieval, post medieval and undatable metal finds.
See lists and (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 May 2000.

See NHER 37616 for Bacton to King's Lynn proposed pipeline route, plot 252, where linear features and discrete geophysical survey anomalies were located which could be relevant for this site.
See (S2).
J. Allen (NLA), 10 August 2007.

November 2023-May 2024. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Iron Age/Roman Colchester brooch.
3 Roman brooch fragments, 2 bracelet fragments and a lock bolt.
3 Middle/Late Saxon pins and a silver strap end.
6 medieval buckles, 3 strap ends, 2 strap loops, a lace chape, strap stud, strap mount, bar mount, harness fitting, 2 mounts, thimble, dagger scabbard chape, rumbler bell and lead weight.
Medieval/post-medieval shoulder bolster from whittle-tang knife, copper alloy vessel fragment and writing lead.
1 post-medieval token, 2 harness mounts, a button, thimble and end stop from scale-tang knife.
Information from PAS import.
The Middle/Late Saxon silver strap end was disclaimed as Treasure (Ref: 2024 T758) and returned to the finder.
Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024, 13 October 2024 and 3 May 2025.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 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 (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 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

  • METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
  • PIN (Undated)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 20 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 75 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • LOCK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BRACELET (Roman - 200 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • GIRDLE HANGER (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 730 AD to 900 AD)
  • STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BELL (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • HARNESS FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • PENCIL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1600 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1500 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1200 AD to 1700 AD)
  • LACE TAG (Medieval - 1230 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1270 AD to 1450 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUTTON (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2001. Treasure Annual Report 2000. p 51; No 72.
---Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2002. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Network Archaeology. 179.
---Photograph: 2000. KVH 2, Early Saxon cruciform brooch fragment..
---Photograph: 2000. KVH 3, Early Saxon small long brooch..
---Photograph: 2000. KVH 4, Early Saxon buckle..
---Photograph: 2000. KVH 5-6, Early Saxon annular brooch..
---Photograph: 1990. LCA 1-2, Early Saxon brooch..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Photograph: FTX 12-13, FTZ 11-36.
<S1>Map: Finder's Map..
<S2>Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Field Reconnaissance, Fieldwalking, Metal Detecting and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 184.
<S3>Illustration: Penn, K.. 1994. Drawing of Early Saxon wrist clasp fragments.. Film. 2:1.

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