Record Details

NHER Number:30249
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Saxon, medieval and post medieval finds

Summary

Metal detecting recovered a 5th century animal head foot from a cruciform brooch, a Middle Saxon bronze pin, a Late Saxon bronze animal head finial or foot with engraved decoration and a partly melted openwork Late Saxon fragment with leaf decoration. Medieval and post medieval coins were also found.

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Location

Grid Reference:TG 08 42
Map Sheet:TG04SE
Parish:KELLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October 1993. Metal detecting finds.
Five medieval coins.
One post medieval coin.
See list in file.
Middle Saxon bronze pin with globular head decorated with ring-and-dot, shaft broken.
Late Saxon bronze animal head finial or foot with engraved decoration - eyes and muzzle at 'closed' end and engraved tendrils towards open end (mane).
Lovely early, i.e. 5th century, Early Saxon narrow animal head foot from cruciform brooch, squashed catchplate on reverse.
Partly melted openwork Late Saxon fragment with leaf decoration (?Winchester style).
Identified by J. Davies (NCM) and S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 December 1993.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FURNITURE FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

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