Record Details

NHER Number:11015
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Possible Saxon bead or spindle whorl (Burston with Shimpling, poorly located)

Summary

A white pottery bead or spindle whorl was found in the parish in 1871. It may be Saxon.

Images - none

Location

Parish:BURSTON WITH SHIMPLING, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1871.
White pottery bead 5cm (1 1/2 inches diameter). ?Spindlewhorl. Called Saxon but no evidence.
See (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Associated Finds

  • BEAD (Undated)

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 - Miscellaneous. Burston (Shimpling).
<S1>Article in Serial: 1879. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee and the General Meetings. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VIII pp 326-341. p 326.

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