Record Details

NHER Number:17903
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman brooch

Summary

Metal detecting recovered a Roman disc brooch with a blue glass inlay and traces of red enamel decoration.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 62 97
Map Sheet:TL69NW
Parish:HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Late 1981. Found with metal detector west of pit.
Roman disc brooch, side knobs missing, very worn. Circular setting of triangular blue glass frit inlay. Traces of red enamel on dome and knobs.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NAU), 3 February 1982.

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.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: BZN 14.

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