Monument record BRH 016 - Large Anglo Saxon artefact scatter of metalwork and pottery

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Summary

Metalwork, brooches, coins including sceattas and tremisses, and pottery scatter, found fieldwalking and metal detecting - see details.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 613 250 (245m by 318m)
Map sheet TM62NW
Civil Parish BARHAM, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1989: Sceatta, porcupine type, ?derived G, Intermediate series, found metal detecting (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s)(find 473)(S1).
1990: Plot of Sax finds from Barham 16 includes 15 coins and 22 other objects (S2).
Barham 016/018 represents a Middle Saxon 'productive' site.
1991: Fieldwalking finds include 1 hand-made ?ESax sherd and 2 Ipswich ware (S4).
Further sceatta, Woden monster type obv & provincial rev (c 700) found metal detecting (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s)(find 563)(S3).
Find 292 Enamelled brooch of Heiligenfibel type (S5).
1993: Bronze small oval buckles, two; bronze strap end with small knob terminal; bronze strip, possibly bracelet fragment with dot and ring decoration (S6).
April 1993: Silver sceat, Frisian, dating to c.700/15 found metal detecting (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (S7).
2005: BRH 016/018 - detector finds of Sceatta (cf North 79) of type Series L (730-760) and a Merovingian tremisses (of circa 500-675) - details in (S8 - Early Medieval Coin Index).
Part of larger site - also see Barham 018.
Also IA, Rom, Med and PMed.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <S1> (No record type): SAU, Newman J, Finds identification record, 1989.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: (S1-S7), finds reports, drawings.
  • <S2> (No record type): SAU, Newman J, BRH 016, AS finds composite plot, 1-510, January 1990.
  • <S3> (No record type): Marsh, T.. Marsh T, IMDC, per SAU Ipswich, 1980-1991.
  • <S4> (No record type): SAU, Newman J, field record, 1991.
  • <S5> (No record type): Bucklin D, "Enamelled Disc Brooch" in Aspects of Saxon and Norman London, 1991, 145.
  • <S7> (No record type): SAU, Newman J, finds identification report, 1993.
  • <S8> Web Page: The Fitzwilliam Museum. 2023. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/coins/emc, 2005.0124 & 0102, 2005, ill.

Finds (11)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 23 2023 10:56AM

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