NHER 25131 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds scatter and Saxon inscription

The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please contact us to consult the full record.

Summary

Metal detecting on this site has recovered an assortment of Roman, Saxon, Medieval and post medieval metal finds including a very unusual Saxon lead inscribed plate which may be a funerary inscription. The layout of the text, between one or two crosses, may be unique amongst Anglo-Saxon inscriptions.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG10NE
Civil Parish	BAWBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Full Description

January 1989. Metal detecting.
Grid reference supplied by finder.
Coin, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, Victory on prow, AD 330-40.
Roman brooch, reversed fantail type, of which only nine other examples recorded.
See (S1) and (S2).
D. Gurney (NAU), 14 February 1989.

October 1989. Metal detecting.
Early post medieval hand-punched spiral bronze thimble.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 25 October 1989.

October 2002. Metal-detecting. In 10' x 10' square.
1 Roman pottery sherd (oxcidised).
1 Late Saxon inscribed lead plaque (unusual).
1 ?Late Saxon pottery sherd (?Thetford).
1 medieval pottery sherd (unglazed).
1 Medieval/post-medieval pottery sherd (LMT) and 1 vessel/cauldron leg.
2 post-medieval pottery sherds (1 GRE, 1 Westerwald stoneware).
Pottery identified by A. Rogerson (NLA), lead plaque by E. Okasha (University Collage Cork) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 25 November 2002.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 11 March 2014.

September/October 2004. Metal-detecting, site extended to whole field.
1 medieval strap end.
1 post-medieval coin and 1 lead cloth seal.
Coin identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 November 2004.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 11 March 2014.

September/October 2006. Metal detecting.
Medieval jetton.
Medieval coin.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 November 2006.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF53910 Article in Serial: Geake, H., Gaimster, M. and Bradley, J. 2003. Medieval Britain and Ireland in 2002. Medieval Archaeology. Vol XLVII pp 199-339. p 207.
--- SNF9778 Photograph: EWW 4-6.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF90506 Illustration: Penn, K. 1989. Drawing of a Roman brooch.. Card. 2:1.
<S2> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (17)

BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
DOCUMENT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
PLAQUE (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
CAULDRON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
STRAP END (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
CAULDRON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)