Record Details

NHER Number:31896
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman dolphin brooch

Summary

Metal detecting in 1996 recovered a battered Roman dolphin brooch dating to the middle of the 1st century AD.

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Location

Grid Reference:TM 20 86
Map Sheet:TM28NW
Parish:PULHAM MARKET, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

February 1996. Metal detector find. [1]
Dolphin brooch. Spring, pin and catchplate missing. Rear-hook type. Incised oblique lines on wings and grooved bow. Poor condition, battered. Mid 1st century AD.
D. Gurney (NLA), 5 March 1996.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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