NHER 17797 (Monument record) - Early Saxon cemetery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Full Description
1981. Found with metal detector north of Wood Hall Road.
Context 1 at above grid reference.
Bronze small-long square headed brooch, with remains of iron spring. Punched decoration. No footplate surviving, (S6).
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU), 2 December 1981.
March 1982.
Now part of KLM.
Early 1983. Found with metal detector.
Context 2 at 6266 9805.
Fragment of small-long brooch.
See (S1 and S2).
A. Rogerson (NAU) believes the whole field should be numbered as the two finds suggest a cemetery site.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 March 1983.
Early 1984. Found with metal detector. Location unknown within field.
Context 3.
Seal matrix, oval, lead or lead alloy, 2mm thick. No means of attachment, back plain.
See rubbing in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU), April 1984.
10 February 1987. Fenland fieldwalking well weathered soil. HLG A3.
Context 4.
General scatter. Odd medieval sherds, worked flint.
No concentrations and no Early Saxon material.
Information from [1] and [2].
See (S4).
R. Silvester (NAU), 10 February 1987.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S5).
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF15512 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. HLG AI. FENS.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF78915 Illustration: Unknown. 1983. Drawing of an Early Saxon small-long brooch fragment.. Film. 2:1.
- <S2> SNF9120 Photograph: CKC 25-31, BZN 16-17.
- <S4> SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- <S5> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
- <S6> SNF78914 Illustration: Unknown. 1981. Drawing of an Early Saxon bronze small-long square headed brooch.. Film. 2:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (4)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 11 2021 8:01AM