Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25135 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon brooch and pottery |
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Summary
Part of an Early Saxon cruciform brooch found by metal detecting and a fragment of Early Saxon pottery.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 00 36 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03NW |
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| Parish: | GUNTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Early 1989. Found with metal detecting.
Worn fragment of cruciform brooch; part of head and bow, punched decoration. Broken pin lug, (S1).
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU) 21 February 1989.
1990. Very close to site of Early Saxon brooch find.
Body sherd of slightly pimply dark grey reduced Early Saxon pottery.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 20 June 1991
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Illustration: Penn, K.. 1989. Drawing of an Early Saxon cruciform brooch.. Film. 2:1. |
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