Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24542 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon disc brooch |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1987 recovered a Late Saxon disc brooch from the arable field here.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 68 01 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF60SE |
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| Parish: | WEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Autumn 1987. Found with metal detector find on arable.
Disc brooch.
Like the pendant from Saffron Waldon decorated in Borre style and part of an important group - S. Margeson (NCM).
See Illustartions (S1) and (S2) and thesis (S3).
E. M. James (KLM) 23 May 1988. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 28 September 2017.
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
| <S1> | Illustration: Unknown. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch. Film. 2:1. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Unknown. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch. Film. Unknown. |
| <S3> | Thesis: Richardson, C. 1993. The Borre Style in the British Isles and Ireland. A Re-assessment. p 24. |
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