NHER 8935 (Monument record) - Mesolithic flints, Roman pottery and Early Saxon brooch, Sparrow Hill sand quarry

Formerly part of Thompson.

About 1950. Stray Find.
In sandpit on Sparrow Hill (opened in 1948), found in load of sand:
1 Early Saxon bronze square headed brooch, gilt and silvered. See copy of drawing in file (S1). Information from (S2). This discovery is noted in (S3). See (S2) and copy of drawing in file (S3). According to (S4) this object was stolen from Swaffham Museum in 1987.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 April 2013.

1955. Stray Find.
From same pit:
Mesolithic worked flints.
2 Roman pottery sherds.
Flints donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1955.43). Listed by T. Clough (NCM) as comprising microlithic blades (one with blunted back) and scrapers. It was also noted that some of the flint is burnt. Information from (S5) and (S6).
See correspondence from finder in file (S7). These discoveries were reported in (S8). The Mesolithic flints are also noted in (S9), although the information differs somewhat from that given by (S5), the assemblage being recorded as comprising 42 blades/flakes and 1 microlith. The finds from this site are also noted in (S10).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 April 2013.

1956 and after.
Rubble from burnt sections of Merton Hall (NHER 8956) dumped here.

1982.
Pit has now been filled in and planted over as a pine wood.
E. Rose (NAU), 30 April 1982.