Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20861 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon brooch |
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Summary
The head, bow and part of foot of a small Early Saxon cruciform brooch was found here by metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 17 08 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10NE |
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| Parish: | COLNEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1984. In former parkland, southeast of Colney Hall. Metal detecting in ploughsoil.
Head, bow and part of foot of small Early Saxon cruciform brooch with cast-on half round knobs, and iron spring and pin held in place by single copper alloy lug.
Information from [1].
A. Gregory (NAU) 27 October 1984.
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. |
| --- | Photograph: 1984. LWZ 21-22, Early Saxon cruciform brooch.. |
| --- | Photograph: CQB6-9. |
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