NHER 10518 (Find Spot record) - Viking spearhead and Late Saxon finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LODDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
15 June 1958. Stray Find.
In digging hole about 3m to 3.3m (10 to 11ft) down next Holmes Garage (beside main street).
Late Saxon spearhead with silver inlay on socket.
Animal bones and other metal object not preserved.
Site examined by R.R. Clarke (NCM) and nothing found.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
See (S1) for further information.
November 1976.
Identified as Viking Period import with zoomorphic inlay by [1].
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87262 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Loddon.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 NE 16.
- --- SNF2300 Serial: 1958. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. Vol 5. p 3.
- <S1> SNF2313 Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, J. G. 1960. Medieval Britain in 1958. Medieval Archaeology. Vol III (for 1959) pp 295-326. p 297.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- SPEAR (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 19 2016 2:11PM