NHER 31906 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1996 recovered Saxon strap ends, a medieval finger ring, medieval buckles and a seal matrix. A fieldwalking survey undertaken in 2010 recovered medieval and post-medieval pottery and an assemblage of struck flint of Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date including flakes, blades and scrapers.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL88NE
Civil Parish CROXTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

March 1996. Metal detecting. [1].
Found in area centred at [2] (now Context 1):
Middle Saxon strap end.
Late Saxon strap end.
Medieval finger ring, buckles, seal matrix.
See list in file.
D.Gurney (NLA) 19 April 1996.

January-May 2010. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Field survey of proposed development area (Field 6).
The survey revealed medieval and post-medieval pottery and an assemblage of struck flint of Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date including flakes, blades and scrapers.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
Previously recorded under NHER 55879.
S. Howard (HES), 8 August 2011.

PAS details awaited - recorded out of county. [3].
These finds are associated with only a relatively imprecise six-figure grid reference ([4]). Although this lands beyond the boundary of this site they were most likely from this field.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 January 2026.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Wolframm-Murray, Y. 2010. Archaeological fieldwalking, metal detecting and geophysical surveys of land at the north of Thetford, Norfolk (Volumes 1 and 2). Northamptonshire Archaeology. 10/159.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Gurney, D., Bown, J. and Hoggett, R. 2011. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2010. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt II pp 262-276. p 273.
  • BLADE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1601 BC)
  • SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1601 BC)
  • STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 21 2026 7:23PM

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