Record Details
| NHER Number: | 22006 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman brooch |
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Summary
A Roman disc brooch with red and blue enamel inlay was found at this spot by metal detecting. These finds are part of a larger Roman to Late Saxon settlement and Early Saxon cemetery complex.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 72 23 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72SW |
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| Parish: | CONGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1985. Metal detecting.
Disc brooch, 2nd century, 2.4cm diameter exclusive of knobbly projections (originally four including hinge) around circumference. Centre inlaid with circle of red enamel, rest filled in with dark blue.
See (S1).
I.D. A. Gregory (NAU).
E. M. James (KLM), 22 November 1985.
Part of large scatter NHER 30690.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
Related records
| 30690 | Part of: Bronze Age to Late Iron Age activity, Early Saxon cemetery and a Roman to Early Medieval settlement (Monument) |
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