Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17787 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon brooch |
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Summary
Part of an Early Saxon small long brooch was found after topsoil had been removed before construction of a bypass. The brooch may have come from anywhere in the field and been moved to its findspot by machinery.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 2386 8214 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM28SW |
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| Parish: | NEEDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
3 or 4 October 1980. On line of Harleston bypass, 15m from Wells Road, along footpath.
Field 304.
Found under 4cm of loose sandy gravel after 36cm topsoil removed by machine from meadow.
Possibly redeposited by machines from elsewhere in field.
Cruciform small-long Early Saxon brooch, upper portion only.
Bronze, 6th century.
See file for further details and (S1).
During four hours fieldwalking, no other finds in an area 35m square.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 1 December 1981.
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: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1981. Drawing of part of an Early Saxon small long brooch.. Film. 2:1. |
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