Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35596 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Bronze Age sword and Roman ring |
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Summary
A Late Bronze Age sword blade, made of copper alloy, and a silver Roman ring set with a blue intaglio, found by metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF60NE |
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| Parish: | FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1999 to February 2000. Metal detecting.
Late Bronze Age sword blade, (S1), now in two pieces.
See further description in file.
K. Hinds (NLA) 1 August 2000.
January 2000. Metal detecting.
Roman silver finger ring fragment with intaglio.
See description in file.
Submitted for consideration as Treasure, declared Treasure 31 May 2001 and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2002.114). See additional description by C. John (British Museum) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 27 October 2000, 28 February 2001 and 31 May 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 May 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- SWORD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2001. Treasure Annual Report 2000. p 22; No 19; Fig 19. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Holness, A.. 2000. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age sword blade.. Film. 1:1. |
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