Monument record UFF 027 - `In 1819 the Reverend C Brooke found a number of bones, an iron shield boss and spear, and bronze ornaments, all within a layer of sand 1 foot deep.

`In 1819 the Reverend C Brooke digging (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) found a number of bones, an iron shield boss and spear, and bronze ornaments, all within a layer of sand 1 foot deep. Other finds were made 50 yards to the E' (S1). Same as those illustrated by Davy? - see (S3)(R5) which include knife.
"An Anglo-Saxon site it is said was discovered about a hundred years ago" (R2).
Basil Brown locates this (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s). Classified as inhumation burials up to three in number by Clough and Green (S1)(R3).
(see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) - HER grid reference changed accordingly July 1993 from (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s). Cited locations in same area as UFF 002 (`coarse pottery') and UFF 020 (Rom & Med scatters).
Also see UFF Misc (CRN 2958) for cruciform brooch found in 1819 50 yards East (same site?).
Re-allocated HER number (from UFF Misc) as UFF 027 (December 2006).