NHER 20902 (Monument record) - Probable Early Saxon cemetery (poorly located)

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Summary

A Coptic bowl, four Early Saxon pots, a pair of tweezers and iron knives were seen in an antiquities shop in Norwich. It is unclear how or where these were found but they may come from Saxlingham, Field Dalling, Saxlingham Nethergate or Caistor St Edmund. An Early Saxon hanging bowl, probably from the same site, is now in the British Museum. The finds probably came from an Early Saxon cemetery.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish NORFOLK NO PROVENANCE, -, NORFOLK
Civil Parish FIELD DALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Pre late 1978. Said to have been ploughed up; seen in shop.
Coptic bowl, also four Early Saxon pots, tweezers and iron knives, Roman figurines and brooches perhaps not associated. Reputed to come from 'Saxlingham Norfolk' - possibly the Field Dalling cemetery NHER 6164; Saxlingham Nethergate unknown site; or really from Caistor as suggested by A. Gregory (NAU).
See discussion in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 20 November 1984.

Around 1976.
Also a hanging bowl.
E. Rose (NAU) 16 July 1986.

Hanging bowl now in British Museum.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 10 September 1992.

Coptic bowl sold at Christies September 1998, see (S2) and (S3).

  • --- Article in Serial: V129 large heavy green bronze bowl.. Seaby Catalogue.
  • --- Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
  • --- Correspondence: Pemberton, P.R.W.. 1985. Letter. Coptic bowl. 25 July.
  • --- Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
  • --- Photograph: Coptic bowl.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Bruce-Mitford, R.L.S.. Draft. 'Field Dalling' hanging bowl IN Corpus of Hanging Bowls.
  • <S2> Correspondence: Geake, H.. 1998. Letter. Saxlingham Coptic bowl. 16 September.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: 1998. Lot 160. A Coptic bronze bowl.. Christie's Catalogue.
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HANGING BOWL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BOWL (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • HANGING BOWL (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • KNIFE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

Record last edited

Aug 26 2016 2:45PM

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