Find Spot record MLI50822 - ANGLO-SAXON LOOMWEIGHTS FOUND WEST OF NORTON SANDHAYS FARM

Summary

ANGLO-SAXON LOOMWEIGHTS FOUND WEST OF NORTON SANDHAYS FARM

Type and Period (1)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 650 AD to 849 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A middle Saxon loom weight was found on Beck Farm in 1962. Now in Lincoln Museum. {1} In 1964 the Ordnance Survey field inspector reported that the finder had confirmed the approximate find spot. He had also stated that within the same area his wife had made a similar find. {2}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: SMR FILE. BISHOP NORTON. TF 09 SW:F DFP.
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. BISHOP NORTON. TF 09 SW:16,1964, COLQUHOUN F.
  •  Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LCNCC 21.62.
  •  Article in Serial: WHITWELL, J.B.. 1963. Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. VOL 10 PART 2 (NS) p8 Fig 1.9.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 002 932 (point) Centre
Civil Parish BISHOP NORTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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