Record Details
| NHER Number: | 41766 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman brooches and Early Saxon tweezers |
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Summary
Metal detecting here over a number of years recovered a variety of metal objects. These included two Roman dolphin brooches, a Roman finger ring, an Early Saxon pair of tweezers, a post medieval acorn-shaped belt mount and a an early post medieval openwork button.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | SPORLE WITH PALGRAVE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before 4 March 2005.
Roman, Early Saxon and post medieval metal objects found by detectorist(s) in the last few years and handed in to the landowner of Railway Farm, Sporle, and not previously recorded.
All would have been found within the following NHER numbers: 28569, 28738, 28809, 31559 and 32939.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 27 May 2005.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TWEEZERS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ROWEL SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SWORD BELT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records
| 32939 | Related to: Multi-period finds including a Late Saxon patrix/die (Find Spot) |
| 28569 | Related to: Multi-period metal objects and coins (Find Spot) |
| 28738 | Related to: Multi-period metal objects and coins (Find Spot) |
| 28809 | Related to: Multi-period metal objects and coins (Find Spot) |
| 31559 | Related to: Multi-period metal objects and coins (Find Spot) |
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