NHER 2626 (Find Spot record) - Post medieval iron knife and ring

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Summary

Iron knife and ring discovered on or before 1949, possibly as early as 1873-1877. These objects were originally considered to be Anglo Saxon but later identified as post medieval. The exact location and nature of this discovery are unclear.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF70SW
Civil Parish	OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Found before 1949.
Anglo Saxon iron knife and a ring from a circular brooch. Probably from Caldecote as they were wrapped in same paper labelled as Caldecote specimens of around 1873 to 1877. NCM Barton Collection, possibly derived from an inhumation cemetery.
R. R.Clarke (NCM).

1964. Documentary research.
(S1) gives the location of these finds as Caldecote Farm, TF 745 034.

It is not stated what the 'Caldecote specimens' were. However the knife and ring both reidentified as post medieval by C. Scull and E. B. Green (NCM).
E. Rose (NAU), 7 December 1983.

Associated Sources (4)

--- 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 70 SW 3 [8].
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 70 SW 7a.
<S1> SNF7041 Publication: Meaney, A.. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Object Types (2)

KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
RING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Oxborough (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 23 2016 4:19PM