NHER 2683 (Find Spot record) - Probable Saxon bell (poorly located)

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Summary

It is recorded that a copper alloy bell of probable Saxon date was recovered from a railway cutting in the parish of Swaffham. The exact date and location of this discovery are unclear.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Bronze bell.
Choster?
British Museum: 'Saxon or early medieval. Found 20 ft (6.1m) deep in railway cutting.'
From record card (S1).
J. Allen (NLA), 30 September 2003.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Swaffham.
  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • BELL (Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 7 2016 11:37AM

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