NHER 14521 (Monument record) - Undated enclosure, site of post medieval gibbet and Roman or Saxon gold ring

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Summary

Aerial photography shows the cropmarks of a square enclosure with two entrances. A gibbet is marked on a map of 1797. A large Roman or Saxon gold finger ring was found in 1965.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60SE
Civil Parish WEST DEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Gibbet marked on Faden's map 1797 (S1).

6 July 1965. At same site.
A large gold finger-ring found here perhaps Saxon date, but is more probably Roman. Written on KLM 6 inch record map.
Information taken from (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 6 October 1981.

Large gold finger ring, possibly Saxon, but probably Roman.
Information from Ordnance Survey Records.
R.J. Rickett (NAU), 7 March 1990.

RAF photograph, reference IRLS II RAF 4297, in possession of [1]. Shows very clear square or sub-square enclosure, with at least two entrances, one in centre of south side and the other in the southwest corner.
See photocopy in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 15 October 1997.

  • --- Article in Serial: Whyte, N.. 2003. The Deviant Dead in the Norfolk Landscape.. Landscapes. Vol 4, No 1. pp 24-39.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1967. Medieval Britain in 1965. Medieval Archaeology. Vol X pp 168-219. p 172.
  • RING (Undated)
  • RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • RING (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • RING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • RING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 1 2020 10:42AM

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