Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31078 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Bronze Age axehead blade, Roman brooch fragment, post-medieval buckle |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1994 and 2019 recovered an Early Bronze Age axe fragment; a Roman brooch fragment and copper alloy vessel fragment; and a post-medieval buckle.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 27 10 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SE |
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| Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October/November 1994. [1].
Colchester-type brooch. Round section bow with solid catch plate. Head is odd - splayed. Re-used?, possibly as a tool. 1st century AD.
Cutting end of Early Bronze Age flat axe (S1).
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 December 1994.
September 2019. Metal-detecting. [2].
Post-medieval buckle.
Site extended to whole field. Previous extent mapped at [3].
E. McDonald (HES), 14 October 2019.
October-November 2019. Metal-detecting. [4].
Roman copper alloy vessel fragment.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- FLAT AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 100 AD to 300 AD)
- BUCKLE (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1720 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Davies, J.A.. 1994. Drawing of an Early Bronze Age flat axehead.. Paper. 1:1. |
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