NHER 23366 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and Viking brooch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF70NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
11 February 1987. Fenland fieldwalking, young cereal; in well weathered soil.
Sparse, locally moderate pot boiler spread on chalk soil, with gravel flat. Maximum 36m north to south x 26m east to west at 5.5m OD.
R. Silvester (NAU), 11 February 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
?1987. Metal detecting finds. Field '2/3rds surrounded by trees' near Marsham Hall, known as 'Park Field' locally.
Findspot described in letter to S. Margeson (NCM), 28 November 1990.
Late Saxon disc brooch, Insular Viking 10th century, with worn cast decoration consisting of cross motif in centre, interlace in four quadrants around. Single lug and catch-plate on reverse.
See (S2) and (S3). Also Thesis (S6).
S. Margeson (NCM), 28 November 1990. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 17 January 2020.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF13674 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FENS.
- --- SNF8173 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
- <S2> SNF97915 Illustration: Penn, K. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch. Film. 2:1.
- <S3> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
- <S4> SNF98021 Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch. Film. Unknown.
- <S5> SNF98022 Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch. Film. Unknown.
- <S6> SNF100357 Thesis: Richardson, C. 1993. The Borre Style in the British Isles and Ireland. A Re-assessment. p 26.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 3 2021 8:01AM