NHER 5856 (Find Spot record) - Middle/Late Saxon copper ally pin, River Ouse

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Summary

In about 1943 a bronze pin with a facetted head with ring and dot decoration was dredged from the River Ouse. This pin was likely of Middle or Late Saxon date.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

About June 1943. 'Dedged out of River Little Ouse above the Nunnery'.
Bronze pin with facetted head with ring and dot decoration, 7cm (2.75in) long (see for comparison pin at Whitby Monastery).
Pin held by Thetford Museum, previously held by H. T. Green.
Information from H. T. Green 1943.
Card by R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Described in (S1) as of common Middle Saxon or Late Saxon form, decoration on twelve faces but top plain. However the words 'above the Nunnery' are omitted from the findspot and the grid reference [1] given, is at Knettishall/Riddlesworth - this must be a mistake but where did the reference come from?
E. Rose (NAU) 25 January 1985.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Thetford.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF5856 Monograph: 1984. Excavations in Thetford 1948-59 and 1973-80. East Anglian Archaeology. No 22, p 69, no 45, fig 11.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (2)

PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
PIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 13 2014 11:35AM