NHER 1046 (Find Spot record) - Site of Early Saxon cemetery and Neolithic, Bronze Age and Roman to post-medieval finds

1975. Fieldwalking.
To north and east of church in arable field (area now recorded as Context 1):
Thin scatter of Thetford ware (and three pieces of Ipswich) and medieval sherds.
Flints including scrapers, Neolithic to Bronze Age.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 1975.

1982. Metal-detecting. Metal-detecting. [1].
Found at approximately [2]:
1 medieval coin (hammered long cross penny, Edward III 1327 to 1377, London mint).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM) September 1982.

Before 21 November 2007. Metal-detecting.
From southern part of field:
Roman nail cleaner.
5 Early Saxon brooch fragments.
1 ?Early Saxon pottery sherd.
1 Middle Saxon pottery sherd and 3 pins.
?Middle Saxon probable spoon fragment.
2 Late Saxon pottery sherds.
?Late Saxon copper alloy unidentified tiny object with ring-and-dot decoration.
4 medieval coins (including Tealby), 4 buckles, a horse-harness pendant and binding strip from box or casket.
?Medieval lead possible spindle whorl.
Medieval/post-medieval dagger scabbard chape and 2 copper alloy vessel fragments.
2 post-medieval coins, 4 jettons, 1 token, 1 pottery sherd, 2 belt or harness mounts, a buckle, button, hooked tag, book clasp, 2 lead cloth seals and writing lead.
See list in file.
Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 25 January 2008. Expanded by P. Watkins (HES), 22 February 2025.

14 February 2023. Metal-detecting. [3].
Recovered from an 80m by 20m area in the south-western portion of the field (Context 2):
1 Early Saxon pottery, 10 brooch fragments (some heat distorted) and a heat-distorted possible brooch fragment.
2 ?Early Saxon amorphous melted copper alloy blobs or droplets.
2 medieval pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 October 2024.

The character of the Early Saxon finds suggests that this is the site of an Early Saxon cemetery. Evidence of burning on some of the finds suggest that this was potentially a mixed-rite cemetery, comprising a mix of inhumation and cremetion burials. An additional find of similar character, but with no evidence of burning, has been recovered to the south of this field and is recorded under NHER 18431 at [4] - suggesting that the cemetery may extend beyond this area. A suggested extent of the Early Saxon cemetery is recorded as Context 3.
A. Beckham (HES), 20 March 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 13 October 2024.