Record Details

NHER Number:19353
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Saxon disc brooches

Summary

In 1982 to 1983 two Late Saxon disc brooches, with interlace decoration, were recovered from this site.

Images

  • Two Late Saxon disc brooches with interlace decoration found in Thurlton.  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service

Location

Grid Reference:TM 41 98
Map Sheet:TM49NW
Parish:THURLTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1982-3. On building site north west of Thurlton church. Found in spread soil-heaps. Some of this material was brought in in odd lorry loads from all over. But most of the soil belongs to the site.
Two Saxon disc brooches with interlace decoration, (S1 and S2).
Also see (S3).
Compiled by A. Gregory (NAU), 7 July 1983. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 17 January 2020.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Photograph: CKN, CKP, CKQ 25-36.
<S1>Illustration: White, S.. 1983. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch.. Film. 2:1.
<S2>Illustration: White, S.. 1983. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch.. Film. 2:1.
<S3>Thesis: Richardson, C. 1993. The Borre Style in the British Isles and Ireland. A Re-assessment. p 24.

Related records - none

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