NHER 53000 (Find Spot record) - Late prehistoric to post-medieval finds and a possible Early Saxon inhumation cemetery

Before 9 March 2009. Metal detecting.
1 Roman coin and a plate brooch.
Medieval buckle and dagger quillion.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson, (NLA), 31 August 2009.

November 2011-September 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
9 Neolithic/Early Iron Age flint flakes.
1 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint scraper.
35 Iron Age pottery sherds.
4 Roman pottery sherds.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 January 2014.

October 2013-February 2014. Metal-detecting. [2].
Early/Middle Iron Age 'rear finial' brooch.
2 Roman brooches, a spoon fragment and copper alloy needle.
4 Early Saxon brooch fragments, 2 girdle hangers, an incomplete pair of tweezers and a mount (the form of which may be related to a swastika).
Early/Middle Saxon buckle.
?Early/Middle Saxon copper alloy unidentified object.
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag.
Late Saxon buckle.
7 medieval buckles, 3 strap ends, strap mount, thimble, harness pendant, furniture mount and copper alloy unidentified object.
Medieval/post-medieval rumbler bell.
Information from PAS import.
The type and number of Early Saxon finds recovered from this site suggest that it may be the site of an Early Saxon cemetery.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 March 2014, E. McDonald (HES), 1 May 2020 and P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2025 and 17 February 2025.

July-December 2014. Metal-detecting. [3].
Finds recorded on the PAS database:
Undatable lead weight.
Late Iron Age to Early Saxon penannular brooch.
Early Saxon buckle, strap end and horse-harness pendant.
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag.
7 medieval buckles, 2 strap ends, a lace chape, strap loop, bar mount, 2 dagger-scabbard chapes, a sword-scabbard chape, harness mount, mount, blunt-hooked vessel mount and casket or box mount.
Post-medieval button and harness mount.
Finds identified by HES but not recorded on the PAS:
23 Roman coins.
3 medieval coins.
2 post-medieval coins and 2 jettons.
A. Beckham (HES), 25 February 2015.

April-July 2015. Fieldwalking. [4].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint scraper and blade-like flint flake.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 15 December 2016.

September 2015-February 2016. Metal-detecting. [5].
Late Iron Age/Roman brooch.
14 Roman coins, a brooch and finger ring.
Late Saxon strap end, finger ring and Anglo-Scandinavian lead Thor's Hammer pendant (S1).
13 medieval buckles, 7 strap ends, 5 strap mounts, a strap loop, folding strap clasp, button, 2 harness mounts, dagger-scabbard chape, thimble, mount, rotary key and writing lead.
Medieval/post-medieval buckle, 2 copper alloy 'paper-clip' vessel repair rivets and a copper alloy ring.
3 post-medieval buckles, 2 harness mounts, a spur fragment, furniture handle back-plate, strap fitting, copper alloy weight, copper alloy unidentified object, lead cloth seal and silver stud or mount of probable 18th-century date.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 7 March 2016, E. McDonald (HES), 6 March 2017 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 December 2020.