NHER 37457 (Find Spot record) - Early Saxon and post-medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG12SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
August/September 2002. Metal-detecting.
Found at [1]:
Early Saxon copper alloy fragment of cruciform brooch, ancient break, worn and corroded foot only with round projecting eyes, recessed and slightly expanded muzzle, broken catch-plate on reverse, 14 x (at least) 42mm. See (S1).
Identified by S.J. Ashley (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 October 2002.
March-April 2008. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey. Site extended to whole field.
Field survey on proposed route of Sheringham Shoals Offshore Windfarm Grid Connection (Field 49).
Finds recovered included:
1 post-medieval coin, 1 drawer handle, 1 button, 1 lead musket ball and 1 lead guano tag.
1 undatable copper alloy knob with wood insert, 2 lead waste fragments and 1 copper alloy sheet fragment.
See report (S1) for further details. This work is also noted in (S2).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.361).
Previously recorded under NHER 51471.
S. Howard (NLA), 23 November 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 May 2019.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
- <S2> SNF72567 Unpublished Contractor Report: Westall, S. and Smith, M. 2008. An Archaeological Fieldwalking and Metal-detector Survey Along the Route of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Grid Connection. NAU Archaeology. 1808a.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (9)
- SHEET (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- WASTE (Undated)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- MUSKET BALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 12 2025 11:06AM