Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5862 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon beads (poorly located) |
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Summary
In 1853 a collection of Early Saxon beads were found in Thetford. Some of the beads had suffered fire damage, possibly during cremation.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Multicolour bead.
Held by Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography. See (S1).
In 1853 fire damage of beads in sepulchriatum (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- BEAD (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 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. |
| <S1> | 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 240. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: 1903. [unknown]. The Archaeological Journal. Vol LX, p 76. |
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