NHER 21376 (Find Spot record) - Late Saxon and medieval finds

17 April 1985. Fieldwalking on well weathered ploughsoil.
Context 1: general scatter of medieval sherds especially around Contexts 2-3. Site TYS AL. Also one Thetford Ware sherd
Context 2: at [1]. Concentration medieval pottery sparse, moderate shell, few bone fragments only. Some post medieval material close to road on south and this is so dense in places that it may disguise extension of site to road edge. Note also further north between this site and ruins of Bury Manor are scatter of shells with odd sherds pottery. Site revealed as grey silt stain. Approximately 79m north-south x 33m east-west at 2.4m OD. Site TYS8. One Stamford sherd from here.
Context 3 at [2]. Concentration sparse medieval sherds and moderate shell few bone fragments post medieval debris by side of road only. 44m north-south x 35m east-west at 2.4m OD. Site TYS 9.
Finds held by NCM.
Identifications by R. J. Silvester (NAU) 21 April 1985.
R. J. Silvester (NAU) 21 April 1985.

For full details of wares, flint types etc. see Fenland Folders.

January 2012. Metal-detecting.
2 medieval coins.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 23 May 2012.

June 2012. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval silver annular brooch.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2013.

September 2018. Metal-detecting. [3].
Medieval incomplete silver box pendant in the form of a locket or reliquary. The front panel features a quasi-heraldic design including a snail with a human head wearing a hood or chaperon.
Information from PAS import.
The silver medieval box pendant was submitted as possible Treasure (Ref: 2018T789).
E. McDonald (HES), 1 April 2020.

December 2024. Metal-detecting. [3].
?Roman probable ear ring.
4 medieval coins, an annular brooch, incomplete set of tweezers and probable book clasp.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 29 July 2025 and 31 August 2025.