Record Details
NHER Number: | 32098 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Roman and medieval finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting between 1996 and 2017 recovered a Middle/Late Bronze Age copper alloy barbed and tanged arrrowhead, Roman and medieval coins and a large Roman brooch.
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Location
Grid Reference: | TF 92 18 |
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Map Sheet: | TF91NW |
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Parish: | MILEHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1996.Metal detecting. [1].
Hinged Dolphin brooch, (S1). Pin and part catchplate missing. Gilded.
Probably the largest Dolphin brooch ever made! 1st century.
Identified by D.Gurney (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 September 1996.
April 2015-September 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
Middle/Late Bronze Age copper alloy barbed and tanged arrowhead, missing one barb. Copper alloy arrowheads are rare and bear morphological similaritiies to earlier flint examples.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 September 2018.
January 2017. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [2].
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin.
A. Beckham (HES), 18 December 2017. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 6 March 2017.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARROWHEAD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
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<S1> | Illustration: Gurney, D.. 1996. Drawing of a Roman dolphin brooch.. Paper. 1:1. |
<S2> | Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2018. Drawing of a Middle Bronze Age arrowhead. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1. |
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