Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9721 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Possible dovecote site, Late Saxon disc brooch, medieval pottery sherds |
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Summary
In 1965 a Late Saxon copper alloy animal disc brooch and some medieval pottery sherds were found here or at site NHER 9722. It is also said that round cropmarks, possible indicating the site of one or more dovecotes, have been seen on this site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 22 00 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | SWAINSTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1965. Bronze animal disc brooch, with medieval sherds just to north, found here or at site NHER 9722.
Information from NCM card (S1) and (S3).
Owner of Swainsthorpe Hall confirmed this to E. Rose (NAU) 1 March 1979 (though he called the brooch an 'ancient key') and also said that in times of drought three circular marks close together appeared at this site, which is pasture beside the river. The name of the field is Dufford Close (=Dovehouse) which may indicate these are dovecots.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU).
15 October 1993. NLA aerial photography (S2).
Location of site can be seen, but cropmark not visible.
H. Clare (NLA), 21 February 2001.
This is probably the brooch described and figured in (S4).
P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2018.
Monument Types
- DOVECOTE (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1965. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1965. No 12. p 5. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 SW 52. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Smedley, N. and Owles, E. 1965. Some Anglo-Saxon 'Animal'-Brooches. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Vol XXX Pt 2 pp 166-174. p 173; Pl XXVI h. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Swainsthorpe. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Swainsthorpe. |
| <S1> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1993. TG 2200F. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1967. Medieval Britain in 1965. Medieval Archaeology. Vol X pp 168-219. p 127. |
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