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Record Details

NHER Number:25965
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period findspot and possible site of Early Saxon cemetery

Summary

Metal-detecting between 1998 and 2024 recovered Roman and medieval coins; a post-medieval jetton and a range of other, Roman to post-medieval metal objects. These metal finds include a Late Iron Age/Roman unidentified copper alloy and enamel object; a Roman brooch, probable strap fitting or button and loop fastener and unidentified possible fitting; a possible Roman furniture stud; a Roman/Early Saxon military belt mount; Early Saxon brooch fragments, a gusset plate, sleeve clasp and mount; a potentially Early Saxon heavily molten unidentified copper alloy object; a medieval strap end and harness mount; a medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment and a post-medieval dress hook and harness mount.
The number of Early Saxon brooches recovered at this site plus the presence of at least one molten object of this date suggests this could well be the site of an Early Saxon cemetery.

Images

  • Early Saxon mount from NHER 25965 © Norfolk County Council
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  • No image caption available © Norfolk County Council
  • Drawing of an Early Saxon gusset plate from NHER 25965 © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG01SE
Parish:EAST TUDDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

November-December 1990. Metal-detecting find. [1].
Most of bow and foot of cruciform Early Saxon brooch, with damaged catch plate.
Probably Group II.
To be photographed.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 January 1991.

February to March 1998. Metal detecting. [2].
H. M. Geake identified:
Head plate and top knob from a cruciform brooch. Top knob is half-round and with very worn edges. Headplate again very worn and fragmentary edges, but retaining some beautifully delicate stamped decoration, crescents along edges of central panel and a a pattern of arcading, and even hexagons (the pattern is incomplete) along the inner edges of the wings. Double pin bar lug, one worn through and are nearly so, on reverse, with lots of iron corrosion. Shiny grey flecks on surface, tinned or surface enriched.
Early Anglo-Saxon, 6th century.
This object was previously recorded under NHER 34884. See [3].
A. Rogerson (NLA) 17 July 1999. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 6 June 2019.

February-March 2008. Metal-detecting.
Early Saxon Great-square headed brooch (two connecting fragments).
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). see list in file
J. Page (HES) 26 February 2014.

February-March 2010. Metal-detecting.
?Roman probable furniture stud.
Early Saxon brooches and a mount (S1)
?Early Saxon molten fragment of unidentified copper alloy object.
Medieval harness mount.
Post-medieval hooked tag and harness mount.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 April 2010.

June 2017-January 2020. Metal-detecting. [4].
Late Iron Age/Roman unidentified copper alloy and enamel object.
1 Roman coin and a possible cast furniture, vessel or vehicle fitting.
Late Saxon to post-medieval copper alloy unidentified object.
1 medieval coin.
Medieval/post-medieval copper alloy vessel fragment.
1 post-medieval jetton and a buckle.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 March 2020 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 December 2020 and 4 February 2024.

September 2017. Metal-detecting. [5].
Early Saxon small-long or cruciform brooch fragment.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 May 2018.

March-April 2019. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [6].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 June 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 July 2019.

January-February 2020. Metal-detecting. [7].
Roman probable strap fitting or button and loop fastener.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 March 2021.

October 2020-January 2023. Metal-detecting. [8].
Roman/Early Saxon military belt mount.
Early Saxon cruciform brooch fragment and gusset plate (S2).
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 February 2024, 17 February 2024 and 4 March 2024.

November 2022-December 2023. Metal-detecting. [9].
Roman brooch fragment.
Early Saxon sleeve clasp.
2 medieval coins and a strap end.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 28 August 2024 and 1 September 2024.

January-April 2024. Metal-detecting. [10].
Early Saxon small-long brooch.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2025.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD to 650 AD)
  • CEMETERY? (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (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

  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 50 BC to 100 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 120 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 200 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 400 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 319 AD to 330 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Roman to Early Saxon - 350 AD to 420 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • CRUCIFORM BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • MOUNT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • SMALL LONG BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 420 AD to 550 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 450 AD to 500 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 450 AD to 570 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 470 AD to 530 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 500 AD to 550 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon to 18th Century - 1000 AD to 1800 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1302 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1400 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1333 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1335 AD to 1343 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1344 AD to 1351 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 18th Century - 1400 AD to 1720 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1560 AD to 1561 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
---Photograph: 1991. MAP 14-17, Early Saxon cruciform brooch..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2010. Drawing of an Early Saxon incomplete mount.. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
<S2>Illustration: Gibbons, J. Drawing of an Early Saxon gusset plate. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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