NHER 3067 (Find Spot record) - Early/Middle Bronze Age and Middle Saxon finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | YAXHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Full Description
1961. Stray Find. [1].
In field north of the church; found after ploughing:
A new variety of silver penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (796 to 821) Brooke Class II, Canterbury mint, moneyer Tidbearht variety.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Press cutting (S1), extract from (S2) and (S4) and photographs (S3) in file.
May-June 2024. Metal-detecting. [2].
Early/Middle Bronze Age Arreton-type flanged axehead.
Late Bronze Age to medieval copper alloy unidentified object.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 29 May 2025.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Yaxham.
- --- 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. TG 01 SW 5 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF68508 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1961. £20 for 1100-year-old Silver Penny?. 15 May.
- <S2> SNF5782 Article in Serial: Dolley, R. H. M. 1965. A Penny of Coenwulf of Mercia, found at Yaxham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXIII pp 43-44. p 43.
- <S3> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
- <S4> SNF87267 Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1964. Medieval Britain in 1961. Medieval Archaeology. Vol VI-VII (for 1962 and 1963) pp 306-349. p 311.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (3)
- FLANGED AXEHEAD (Beaker to Middle Bronze Age - 1900 BC to 1501 BC)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Bronze Age to Medieval - 1000 BC to 1100 AD)
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 6 2025 9:29PM