NHER 25717 (Find Spot record) - Late Neolithic axehead, Middle Saxon brooch, Middle Saxon and medieval pottery

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Summary

A Late Neolithic axehead recovered while installling a fence, a Middle Saxon brooch with an unusual fish tail shaped terminal found during metal-detecting, and Middle Saxon and medieval pottery found by fieldwalking.

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Map sheet	TF70NE
Civil Parish	BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1990. Metal-detecting. Found at [1].
Bow and one end of ansate or caterpillar brooch with very unusual wedge shaped terminal with two zones hatched giving appearance of a fish tail.
See [2].
Identified S. Margeson (NCM) and A. Rogerson (NAU).
A. Rogerson, (NAU) 10 March 1990.

1990. Two finds from flowerbeds in grass garden.
At [3], medieval unglazed sherd, white inclusions.
At [4], Largish body sherd Ipswich sandy.
See 1:2500 and drawing in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 22 June 1990.

Before 24 May 2012. Stray find during installation of new fence between garden and churchyard.
Late Neolithic polished flint axehead. See description in file (S1).
E. Darch (HES), 7 June 2012.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
--- SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
--- SNF9860 Photograph: FHN18-20.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (4)

AXEHEAD (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 23 2019 8:52AM