Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33612 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman brooch and other multi period metal finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1998-99 and in 2008 recovered a variety of multi period metal finds. The most interesting was a beautiful Colchester type Roman brooch.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 72 13 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71SW |
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| Parish: | PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1998. Metal detecting find. Context 2 at location [1].
Recovered a beautiful Colchester one-piece brooch. Rectangular-section wings, decorated on front with three vertical grooved mouldings. On reverse is a neat pin spring (half missing) and a forward-facing hook which curves down over the top of the bow to end in a disc decorated with a punched circle. Bow is fairly wide and flat and decorated with a wide central groove with two zig-zag mouldings within. No foot knob. Remains of perforated catchplate on reverse with rocker-arm decoration. Roman 1st century AD in date.
See (S1) no.753 for a similar example.
A polaroid photograph of this find is held by NCM.
A.Rogerson (NLA) 27 May 1998.
February 1999. Metal detecting at Context 1 at location [2].
A selection of finds recovered from here including Roman coins, a medieval belt mount and post medieval hooked tag.
See lists in file with grid references.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 2 April 1999.
April - May 2008. Metal detecting.
Three medieval metal objects.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 June 2008.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman to 19th Century - 43 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STYLUS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DRESS HOOK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Publication: Hattatt, R.. 1985. Iron Age and Roman brooches. |
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