NHER 61388 (Find Spot record) - Middle Bronze Age, Middle Saxon and medieval finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting before 2017 and in 2018 recovered Middle Saxon coins; a Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead; a medieval papal bulla.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF91NW
Civil Parish BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

August 2016. Metal-detecting. Club Rally. [1].
1 Middle Saxon coin (silver penny of Ludica of Mercia).
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 23 September 2016 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 February 2021.

Before June 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead. Possibly from August 2016 rally?
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 6 June 2017.

January-December 2018. Metal-detecting. [3].
Middle Saxon coin (silver penny of Coenwulf of Mercia).
Medieval papl bulla of Alexander IV.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2018.

  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1300 BC)
  • COIN (Middle Saxon - 800 AD to 821 AD)
  • COIN (Middle Saxon - 825 AD to 827 AD)
  • BULLA (Medieval - 1254 AD to 1261 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 29 2023 4:07AM

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