Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3261 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon strike-a-light |
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Summary
An Early Saxon quartzite strike-a-light of imported Scandinavian type was found in 1928.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 687 287 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62NE |
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| Parish: | SANDRINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1928. 800m (1/2 mile) from Sandringham House and 4.8km (3 miles) from the Wash. R. Howlett found Scandinavian type of strike-a-light of quartzite, 11cm (4.4 inches) long). Date AD 300 to 500; brought over in 5th century. Pointed oval 'tracked' stone. (?necessarily Early Saxon). Presented to the British Museum by finder.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Copy of (S1) in file.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- STRIKE A LIGHT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 NE 9. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Sandringham. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1928. [unknown]. Antiquaries Journal. Vol VIII, p 23. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1940. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part II. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII Pt II pp 215-249. p 248. |
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