NHER 25525 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period metal and pottery finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CRANWICH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May 1990. Fieldwalking and metal detecting. [1].
1st/2nd century As (accreted and corroded).
1st/2nd century illegible coin.
?Late Saxon sherds, medieval unglazed sherds.
Lyvedon ware grooved handle sherd; 13th century (cfompare with Fordham).
Cistern bung hole sherd.
Badly corroded gilt bronze buckle with foliage decoration on frame.
(S1).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 31 May 1990.
August 1989. Fieldwalking and metal detecting.
?Post medieval bronze 'tray' (centre missing) ? From candlestick.
?solder round one side; peat stained.
Early post medieval buckle.
?Medieval bell.
Medieval pottery including early medieval rim sherd, late medieval/Transitional rim.
And green glazed Grimston, unglazed with inclusions ?from Cambridgeshire.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 4 September 1989.
8 September 1989.
Smooth Ipswich Ware rim fragment.
March 1990. Fieldwalking and metal detecting. West end of site.
Late Saxon shelly type ware sherds.
Medieval sherds including late medieval Transitional and green glazed Grimston.
Post medieval bronze buckle with integral suspension loop for dagger etc.
Unidentified lead convex disc.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 23 April 1990.
27 February 2006. Metal detecting.
Two medieval brooches.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA),15 September 2006.
October 2024. Metal-detecting. [2].
Medieval/post-medieval gilded mount from processional cross (S2).
Information from PAS import.
Expanded to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 29 July 2025.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
- <S2> SNF103166 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2025. Drawing of a medieval/post-medieval mount from processional cross with carved relief robed angel/saint with wings and halo. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (12)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PROCESSIONAL CROSS (Medieval to 16th Century - 1300 AD to 1600 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CANDLE HOLDER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DAGGER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DISC (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Nov 20 2025 5:36PM