NHER 43198 (Monument record) - Site of Early Saxon inhumation cemetery and multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2006 and 2014 recovered Neolithic flint flakes; medieval pottery sherds; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; medieval and post-medieval jettons and Late Bronze Age and Roman to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead; Roman brooches and a lead pattern or model for the manufacture of brooches; Early Saxon brooches, sleeve clasps and strap ends; a Middle or Late Saxon hooked tag; a Late Saxon bridle bit and stirrup-strap mount; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval brooch and part of a knife; a medieval/post-medieval weight and post-medieval crotal bell and a harness mount. The number of Early Saxon objects recovered suggests that this is the site of an Early Saxon inhumation cemetery.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF72SW
Civil Parish GRIMSTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

January 2006. Metal detecting.
Neolithic worked flints.
Roman and post medieval coin, post medieval jettons.
Roman brooches and lead brooch model (S1).
Early Saxon inhumation cemetery evidenced by eighteen objects.
Medieval and post medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 April 2006.

Before 18 April 2006. Metal detecting.
Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment (S2), six more Early Saxon objects, and a Middle Saxon/Late Saxon hooked tag. See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 July 2006.

November-December 2014. Metal-detecting. [1].
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
Post-medieval hooked dress fastener.
Information from PAS import.
Finds identified by HES but not recorded on PAS database:
1 Roman coin.
2 medieval coins.
1 post-medieval jetton.
See coin sheets in file.
A. Beckham (HES), 8 January 2015. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 9 December 2019 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 February 2021.

  • --- Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2006. Drawing of a Roman lead brooch model.. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2006. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe.. Film. 1:1.
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PATTERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • STRAP END (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BRIDLE BIT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1251 AD to 1272 AD)
  • JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CROTAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1614 AD to 1636 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 18 2023 8:40AM

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