Record Details

NHER Number:25965
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period findspot

Summary

Early Saxon cruciform brooch fragments, found by metal-detecting in 1990 and 1998. Metal-detecting between 2010 and 2020 recovered Roman and medieval coins and a post-medieval jetton; as well as Roman, Early Saxon and medieval to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman stud probably from a furniture-fitting, Early Saxon small-long and bow brooch fragments, mount and heavily molten unidentified object, medieval harness mount and post-medieval hooked tag and harness mount.

Images

  • Early Saxon mount from NHER 25965  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG01SE
Parish:EAST TUDDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

November-December 1990. Metal-detecting find. [1].
Most of bow and foot of cruciform Early Saxon brooch, with damaged catch plate.
Probably Group II.
To be photographed.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 January 1991.

February to March 1998. Metal detecting. [2].
H. M. Geake identified:
Head plate and top knob from a cruciform brooch. Top knob is half-round and with very worn edges. Headplate again very worn and fragmentary edges, but retaining some beautifully delicate stamped decoration, crescents along edges of central panel and a a pattern of arcading, and even hexagons (the pattern is incomplete) along the inner edges of the wings. Double pin bar lug, one worn through and are nearly so, on reverse, with lots of iron corrosion. Shiny grey flecks on surface, tinned or surface enriched.
Early Anglo-Saxon, 6th century.
This object was previously recorded under NHER 34884. See [3].
A. Rogerson (NLA) 17 July 1999. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 6 June 2019.

February-March 2008. Metal-detecting.
1 Early Saxon brooch (2 connecting fragments, of Great square headed brooch, Leeds group A3 Hines group XV).
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA). see list in file
J. Page (HES) 26 February 2014.

February-March 2010. Metal-detecting.
Romano-British, Early Saxon (S1), medieval and post-medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 April 2010.

June 2017-January 2020. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Roman coin.
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval jetton.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 March 2020.

September 2017. Metal-detecting. [5].
Early Saxon small-long or cruciform brooch fragment.
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 May 2018.

March-April 2019. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [6].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 June 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 July 2019.

January-February 2020. Metal-detecting. [7].
1 medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • FURNITURE FITTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 319 AD to 330 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BOW BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • CRUCIFORM BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • MOUNT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • SMALL LONG BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 470 AD to 530 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1302 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1333 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1377 AD to 1399 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century - 1550 AD to 1584 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1560 AD to 1561 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
---Photograph: 1991. MAP 14-17, Early Saxon cruciform brooch..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2010. Drawing of an Early Saxon incomplete mount.. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.

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