NHER 57139 (Find Spot record) - Late Prehistoric, Late Saxon and medieval finds plus a Late Saxon hoard of coins and jewellery

March 2012. Metal-detecting.
Found in corner of former arable field, now down to grass:
Late Saxon hoard of pennies of Edmund of East Anglia (855-870) and several items of silver jewellery, including openwork disc brooch, quatrefoil plate brooch fragments and a Trewhiddle-style silver strap end.
This hoard was reported as potential Treasure, along with a number of additional items recovered between April and June 2012 - see below.
E. Darch (HES), 5 April 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2020.

5 April 2012. Field Observation.
Site visit by A. Rogerson (HES) and E. Darch (HES) following use of JCB to investigate the site of the hoard discovered in March 2012.
Turf had been removed from an area measuring approximately 20m N-S and 10m E-W and a smaller area had been dug deeper at the point where the bulk of the hoard had been recovered ([1]). Hand cleaning demonstrated that natural deposits lay at a depth of c. 0.35m and revealed no evidence for cut features. It was therefore likely that no associated burial pit had survived modern agricultural disturbance and that no element of the hoard had been in situ when it was found.
A single additional coin was found around this time but despite further hand cleaning and mechanical removal of plough soil no other metal objects were recovered.
The small number of non-metal included:
1 Late Prehistoric retouched flint flake and 1 unmodified flake.
1 ?Late Saxon pottery sherd.
1 Late Saxon/medieval pottery sherd.
5 medieval pottery sherds (1 glazed Grimston and 4 unglazed).
See notes in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2020.

7 April-27 June 2012. Metal-detecting.
From 5-6m to either side of original excavation area:
10 Late Saxon silver coins, silver Trewhiddle-style strap-end and silver fragment of disc or plate brooch; all additional to hoard discovered in March 2012.
Medieval suspension mount for harness pendant.
See description in file.
The hoard objects were submitted as potential Treasure, along with the original discoveries - see below.
E. Darch (HES), 17 July 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2020.

The hoard of 9th-century coins and silver jewellery recovered between March and June 2012 was reported as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2012T319), declared Treasure at inquest on 16 April 2014 and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2015.29).
E. Darch (HES), 29 April 2014. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2020.