Norfolk Archaeology 35 (2)

TG 197269. A dispersed smith's hoard (a dozen socketed axes, two "half-hollow" spearheads and a barbed one, a bronze flanged disc, Ewart Park sword and rapier fragments, a socketed hammer and ingot fragments) was found in 1968 on a new housing estate. Good parallels for most of these occur in East Anglian hoards. Most of the axes exhibit casting flaws and generally are of poor workmanship. One spearhead socket contained the rare moss Schistostega and fragments of a herbaceous plant. Few comparable flanged discs occur in Britain (Horsehope and Isleham): axle caps or yoke fittings are the most likely explanations. The mature Hallstatt C influences indicate a date of c 650 BC. D V C

[TF 9872/4]. Ninety thousand square feet have now been examined. The structures dating to AD 650-850 show a controlled arrangement which suggests a cathedral community. For the period 850-1000, a group of large halls round a courtyard suggests a bishop's palace, abandoned after 1000 in favour of a new site, perhaps to N of the (new) stone cathedral. Growth of the local population is reflected in the cemetery of 200 graves. For the period 1050-1125, Building A is now known to precede Building T, and a lime-kiln has been examined. A summary of the animal bone evidence shows a Middle Saxon economy based on wool-production with a high standard of animal husbandry.