NHER 3663 (Find Spot record) - Early Saxon or medieval pin, plate, knife, bodkin and beads (Weasenham All Saints, poorly located; Weasenham St Peter)

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Summary

An Early Saxon or medieval silver pin, bronze plate, iron knife, bone bodkin and glass beads in the British Museum are reported to have come from Weasenham.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	WEASENHAM ALL SAINTS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	WEASENHAM ST PETER, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

'A bronze bodkin broken in two'.
From Weasenham. Pin, beads and knife. Possibly from secondary interments, in Ordnance Survey Records (S1).
R. J. Rickett (NAU) 24 July 1990.

Barrow group (Phillip's suggestion - no evidence. E. Rose (NAU)).
Presented by G. J. Chester 1886.
Now held by the British Museum (BM).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Silver pin, bronze plate, iron knife, glass beads,
(three blue and white; green; white. E. Rose (NAU)), bone bodkin. I could not find these in BM so could be medieval!
E. Rose (NAU) 1975.

Phillips calls probably Early Saxon.
E. Rose (NAU).

Sketch of pin (S2) in file.

In British Museum list, Ordnance Survey record also says 'part of a shield-shaped disc'.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Weasenham.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 81 NE 10; TF 82 SW 8.
<S2> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (12)

BODKIN (Undated)
KNIFE (Undated)
PIN (Undated)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
BODKIN (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
KNIFE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
PIN (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
BODKIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 20 2018 11:37PM