Record Details

NHER Number:8892
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman brooch (Kimberley, poorly located)

Summary

A large Roman harp-shaped brooch was recovered from Kimberley parish but there is no precise discovery or locational information available for this find.

Images - none

Location

Parish:KIMBERLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Before 1889. Stray Find.
Large (2 7/8 inches long) harp-shaped copper alloy brooch with pin.
Collingwood type 13 or 15 - late 1st to early 2nd century.
Noted in (S1)-(S3).
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Information from (S4).
There is no precise discovery or locational information available for this find.
Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 29 July 2019.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Article in Serial: Fox, G. E. 1889. Roman Norfolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XLVI pp 331-367. p 362.
<S2>Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 318.
<S3>Publication: Norwich Castle Museum. 1910. Catalogue of Antiquities in Norwich Castle Museum.
<S4>Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Kimberley.

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