Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34459 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Middle to Late Saxon metal find |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1998 recovered a Middle to Late Saxon disc brooch with a worn cross pattern in relief on the front.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 11 16 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11NW |
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| Parish: | WESTON LONGVILLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1998. Metal detecting.
A Middle to Late Saxon (9th to 11th century) disc brooch with a worn cross pattern in relief on the front was recovered during metal detecting. The cross is made from a pair of raised lines crossing another pair, and in the angles raised-line semi-circles protrude from the raised border. There is a catch plate on the reverse and the pin lug is missing. If worn with pin, the horizontal the cross would be a saltire.
Polaroid (S1).
Identified by H. M. Geake (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 May 1999.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- PLATE BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 800 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
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