Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20928 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Viking brooch and Roman vessel |
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Summary
Fieldwalking and metal detecting at this location recovered prehistoric flints, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds, a Roman vessel in the form of a lion and a beautiful imported Viking openwork brooch with animal head and rosette decorations.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 19 96 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM19NE |
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| Parish: | TASBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1984. Fieldwalking.
Worked flint, unglazed medieval body sherds and Westerwald stoneware sherd.
Held by NCM, formerly by member of the public [1].
W. F. Milligan (NCM) 23 October 1984
January/February 1994. Metal detecting.
Lovely bronze 9th century openwork lozengiform imported Viking brooch with animal head at each corner and a rosette in centre and a pair of lines on each 'arm'. Pierced lug on reverse. Unusual type. Catchplate missing.
This brooch is amongst those included in the catalogue that accompanies thesis (S1).
Identified by S. Margson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 18 April 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 March 2020.
Before 28 March 2003. Metal detecting.
Roman vessel in the form of a lion.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 28 April 2003.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
| --- | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Photograph: 2003. KTR 23-30, Romano British vessel mount.. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Thesis: Kershaw, J. 2010. Culture and Gender in the Danelaw: Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian Brooches, 850-1050. No 23 (Lozenge brooch - Birka type). |
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