Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28749 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman dolphin brooch |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1992 recovered a Roman dolphin brooch dating to the mid 1st century AD.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 28 33 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG23SE |
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| Parish: | SWAFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January 1992. Metal detector find. [1]
Dolphin brooch. Double lug, with part axis bar in situ. Spring, pin and part of catchplate missing. Bow decorated with a longitudinal row of closely-spaced punched dots. Mid 1st century AD.
D. A. Gurney (NLA), 9 January 1992.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources - none
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