NHER 1736 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds scatter
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF84SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM NORTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
4 July 1962.
From field west of Burnham Market County Primary School, square headed copper alloy brooch (2 fragments) thrown up by cultivator into school fences.
Leeds' type A4, compare with example from Market Overton, Rutland.
Probably 6th century, compare with example in (S1).
Retrieved from wire fence at spot about 10m south of hedge junction, northwest of school.
See (S2) for short summary.
Site examined by R. R. Clarke (NCM) and E. B. Green (NCM) 12 July 1962.
Trial hole revealed soil over light brown loam with chalk fragments.
Field had been ploughed to a depth of 35cm.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
1962.
Grey sherd possibly Ipswich ware.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
1962.
Early medieval unglazed sherds from surface of arable field immediately west of Burnham Market C. P. School.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Part of large scatter, see NHER 29185.
E. Rose (NAU)
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- --- SNF87261 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Burnham Norton.
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Burnham Norton.
- --- SNF89884 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Middle Saxon. Burnham Norton.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 84 SW 12a.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF87127 Serial: 1962. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1962. No 9. p 2.
- --- SNF87127 Serial: 1962. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1962. No 9. p 2.
- <S1> SNF6777 Publication: Leeds, E.T.. 1949. Corpus of Square Headed brooches. No 34.
- <S2> 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 236.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (3)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 6 2016 3:11PM