Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31558 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Possible Early Saxon inhumation cemetery and multi-period finds |
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Summary
Finds recovered during metal-detecting at this location between 1995 and 2022 suggest the presence of at least one Early Saxon inhumation. Finds of this date include brooches, a buckle, strap end and very important pyramidal sword mount. Other objects recovered include Neolithic flint artefacts; Roman pottery sherds; Late Iron Age/Roman (Roman issue), Roman and medieval coins and a number of other metal objects, including a Roman brooch and lead steelyard weight; a medieval chafing dish fragment and copper alloy ewer fragment; a medieval/post-medieval chafing dish fragment and a post-medieval buckle, a button, end cap from knife, crotal bell, sword-belt mount and lead cloth seal.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF93NE |
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| Parish: | FIELD DALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1995. Metal detecting. Crooked Field. [1].
Medieval coin. Continental and unusual. Photograph (S1).
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 October 1995.
First half 1999. Metal detecting. [2].
Ten Roman coins.
Neolithic flints.
Roman brooch.
Early Saxon objects including important pyramidal sword mount with garnet inlaid in the top (S2).
Roman sherd.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
A. Rogerson (NCM), 4 January 2000.
Before 11 May 2005. Metal detecting.
19 Roman coins and lead steelyard weight.
Early Saxon strap end.
Post-medieval buckle and sword-belt mount.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 October 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 January 2024.
Site extended to the whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
A. Beckham (HES), 11 July 2022.
2015-2020. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Late Iron Age/Roman coin (Roman issue).
1 Roman coin and 1 pottery sherd.
Early Saxon side knob from cruciform brooch.
Medieval chafing dish fragment and copper alloy ewer fragment.
Medieval/post-medieval chafing dish fragment.
Post-medieval button, end cap from knife, crotal bell and lead cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 March 2024 and 12 March 2024.
August 2021-May 2022. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 Roman coin.
Early Saxon equal-arm brooch fragment.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 December 2023.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- 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)
- INHUMATION? (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 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
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- COIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 1 AD to 250 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STEELYARD WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 402 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman to Late Saxon - 400 AD to 860 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BUCKLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- Pyramid Mount (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)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 420 AD to 475 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- EWER (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
- CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
- CHAFING DISH (Medieval to 16th Century - 1475 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUTTON (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1625 AD)
- KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 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)
- SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CLOTH SEAL (16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1700 AD)
- CROTAL (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1800 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Photograph: 1995. LCL 5-8, Medieval coin.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Ashley, S.. 2000. Drawing of an Early Saxon sword belt mount.. Film. 2:1. |
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