NHER 9721 (Find Spot record) - Possible dovecote site, Late Saxon disc brooch, medieval pottery sherds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SWAINSTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1965. Bronze animal disc brooch, with medieval sherds just to north, found here or at site NHER 9722.
Information from NCM card (S1) and (S3).
Owner of Swainsthorpe Hall confirmed this to E. Rose (NAU) 1 March 1979 (though he called the brooch an 'ancient key') and also said that in times of drought three circular marks close together appeared at this site, which is pasture beside the river. The name of the field is Dufford Close (=Dovehouse) which may indicate these are dovecots.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU).
15 October 1993. NLA aerial photography (S2).
Location of site can be seen, but cropmark not visible.
H. Clare (NLA), 21 February 2001.
This is probably the brooch described and figured in (S4).
P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2018.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF7840 Article in Serial: Smedley, N. and Owles, E. 1965. Some Anglo-Saxon 'Animal'-Brooches. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Vol XXX Pt 2 pp 166-174. p 173; Pl XXVI h.
- --- SNF87262 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Swainsthorpe.
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Swainsthorpe.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 SW 52.
- --- SNF2366 Serial: 1965. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1965. No 12. p 5.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF49132 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1993. TG 2200F.
- <S3> SNF8622 Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1967. Medieval Britain in 1965. Medieval Archaeology. Vol X pp 168-219. p 127.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (2)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 31 2018 4:07PM