Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34371 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Saxon brooch and medieval coin |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1999 recovered part of an Early Saxon cruciform brooch which although corroded showed some sort of 'human face' decoration. A coin identitifed as a medieval sterling imitation was also recorded.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 13 13 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11SW |
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| Parish: | RINGLAND, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January/ February 1999. Metal detecting.
H. M. Geake (NCM) Identified:
Side knob from a Early Saxon cruciform brooch, now very corroded but probably not burnt. The knob is curiously irregular. It is hollow and filled with corrosion from an iron pin bar, but the thickened edges project beyond the hollow as if the knob was once bigger. The decoration, though, of a ?human face with lined forehead, titianguler eyebrows and nose, round eyes, lined cheeks and round? nostirls appears complete. Above the forehead is an irregullar projection - ?part of the head plate?
6th century.
Polaroid taken by NCM.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 12 April 1999.
February-March 1999. Metal detecting.
One medieval coin (sterling imitation) at location [1].
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 20 July 1999.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
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