NHER 2337 (Find Spot record) - Early Saxon glass vessel from Grimston Heath
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF72SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GRIMSTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1937. 548m (600 yds) southeast of Old Belt, Grimston Heath.
Fragment of a rim of Frankish glass cone beaker (compare with Caister) often with plain bodies and series of spiral threads at rim.
Type IIIb in (S1). (examinerd by Harden on 30 October 1950.)
(S2) states that it 'cannot be earlier than 5th century, more likely to be after 450 AD than before it. It might of course be 6th century'.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Gimston.
- --- 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. TF 72 SE 3.
- --- SNF2154 Serial: Norfolk Research Committee. 1950. Glass Vessels in Anglo-Saxon Britain. Archaeological Newsletter. Vol 3 No 2 pp 21-27. p 23.
- <S1> SNF6301 Monograph: Harden, D.B.. 1956. Dark Age Britain.. p 149. p 149.
- <S2> SNF8026 Publication: Rudemackel. [unknown]. 147,pl.51 p.297, Bonner J.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- VESSEL (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 24 2025 10:05AM