NHER 5887 (Find Spot record) - Late Saxon finger ring and eel spear, St Mary's Row
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1962. Casual Find.
Several items were recovered from the southwest side of the road while preparing fotings for new houses.
The items have been identified as sherds of Thetford Ware, fragments of cresset lamps, a bone tool, a bronze ring, and an iron spear (possibly an eel spear).
Finds held by NCM, previously held by Thetford borough engineer (sherds, bone, ring, eel spear).
Information from (S1).
See (S3) for short summery.
NCM card by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
The ring is described in (S2) as having decoration of stamped circles.
E. Rose (NAU) 25 January 1985.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF87262 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Thetford.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF7955 Monograph: Rogerson, A. and Dallas, C. 1984. Excavations in Thetford 1948-59 and 1973-80. East Anglian Archaeology. No 22. p 69; No 13; Fig 110.
- <S3> SNF2362 Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1965. Medieval Britain in 1962 and 1963. Medieval Archaeology. Vol VIII (for 1964) pp 231-299. p 5887.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (6)
- CRESSET LAMP (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINGER RING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FISH SPEAR (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- SPEAR (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 25 2013 9:49AM