Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5858 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon cresset lamp (poorly located) |
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Summary
At an unspecified date a grey conical cresset lamp was found somewhere in Thetford. The lamp probably dated to the Late Saxon period.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Grey conical cresset in Norwich Castle Museum. No date.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Identified as Early Saxon by R. R. Clarke (NCM), A. Rogerson (NAU) says this cannot be so and it must be Late Saxon.
5 November 1993.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- LAMP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- LAMP (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. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Thetford [3]. |
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