Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6018 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Saxon brooch |
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Summary
Ploughing in 1946 turned up an Early Saxon brooch.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 974 868 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL98NE |
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| Parish: | BRIDGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1946. Ploughed up by deep ploughing in October in strip south of southeast of Labour in Vain Plantation. (Now gone). Square headed bronze brooch gilded and silvered 15.2cm (6 inches) long: 8.3cm (3 1/4 inches) maximum width. Mid 6th century (see brooch from Ipswich (S1) East Anglian type). Traces of solder or silver for securing jewel insets.
(S2). Notes by Leeds: Type essentially Anglian Kenninghall I type independent individual variety. (S3) site 52 (p.158, Type B1 (with divided foot). (S4) in file.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 98 NE 31. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Bridgham. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Publication: Aberg. [unknown]. Fig.113. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. [unknown]. 2 June. |
| <S3> | Publication: Leeds, E.T.. 1949. Corpus of Square Headed brooches. |
| <S4> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
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