NHER 33933 (Find Spot record) - Late Saxon papal bull and multi-period metal objects

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Summary

Metal detecting at this site during the period 1990-98 recovered Roman, Late Saxon and medieval metal artefacts. These included a Roman brooch, a rare example of a Late Saxon papal bull, a medieval papal bull, a medieval seal matrix, Late Saxon brooches, an unidentified Late Saxon object resembling a miniature censer cover and several coins.

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Map sheet	TL88SE
Civil Parish	THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1990s. Metal detecting.
Papal bulla of John XI (931-936).
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 May 2005.

1992. Metal detecting.
Medieval papal bull, boy bishop token and four coins.
See details in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 20 May 2003.

Before October 1992.
Bronze medieval vessel.
J. Davies (NCM), 23 October 1992.

March 1993. Metal-detecting.
Found on building site at Cloverfield, near Green Lane:
1 medieval gilded buckle.
See drawing (S1), polaroid and description in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 5 July 2016.

1994. Metal detecting.
Unidentified Late Saxon object resembling a miniature censer cover (S2). A similar example was recovered from NHER 1022.
See description in file and (S4).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 24 February 2005.
Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 10 February 2017.

1995. Metal detecting.
From 'Cloverfields':
Roman brooch.
See polaroid (S5) [1].
P. Watkins (HES), 18 September 2018.

1997. Metal detecting.
Two medieval coins and seal matrix.
See list in file.
D. Gurney (NLA) 30 January 2001.

1998. Metal detector finds. Large scatter includes NHER 28729 and 29445.
A Late Saxon bird brooch (S3).
Medieval seal (S6).
One medieval coin.
See list and coin sheet in file.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM), K.Sussams (NCM)and J. Davies (NCM) May 1998.
K. Sussams (NCM) 21 October 1998.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF94164 Illustration: Mycock, C. 1993. Drawing of a medieval gilded copper alloy buckle. Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF76755 Illustration: Holness, A.. 1998. Drawing of a Late Saxon bird brooch.. Paper. 1:1.
<S3> SNF93531 Illustration: White, S.. 1995. Drawing of a Late Saxon Winchester-style finial. Film. 2:1.
<S4> SNF94969 Article in Serial: Fisher, B.. 1997. A Tale of two towers. The Searcher. pp 12-13. p 12.
<S5> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. 10278.
<S6> SNF86467 Article in Serial: Geake, H., Rogerson, A. and Ashley, S. 1999. Medieval Seal Matrices from Norfolk, 1996-1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 353-358. no 61, p 356.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (15)

BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
BULL (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
WEIGHT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
WEIGHT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BULL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Nov 26 2020 3:01PM