Record Details
| NHER Number: | 39912 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Iron Age/Roman dagger guard and Roman brooch |
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Summary
Metal detecting between 2003 and 2019 recovered a Late Iron Age/Roman dagger guard; an unusual hybrid type brooch dated to the 1st century AD; and a Late Saxon/medieval brooch.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 89 10 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF81SE |
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| Parish: | NECTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before 1 November 2003. Metal detecting.
Roman sprung brooch, spring, pin and catchplate missing. Dolphin-type rear facing hook (next to a spot of solder on reverse, to the left when viewed from that side), plain wings partly overlapped by a flat plate bow roundel that is decorated with three concentric cast grooves and central dot. Plain slanted foot, now bent backwards at junction with roundel. The front was tinned, though only one speck survives on the wings. Wingspan 22mm, length 35mm and width of foot 15mm.
A most unusual hybrid between a Keyhole-type Rosetter, see (S1) nos. 285 to 286, and an Aesica simplified Crescent-type variant, see (S1) no. 290.
Mid 1st century AD.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 November 2003.
September 2017. Metal-detecting. Site extended to the whole field. [1].
Late Iron Age/Roman copper alloy guard with blade and tang fragment from the hilt of a dagger.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 April 2018. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 2 July 2018.
April-June 2019. Metal-detecting. [2].
Late Saxon/medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- DAGGER (Late Iron Age to Roman - 1 AD to 100 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUCKLE (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Photograph: 2003. KTY 1, Romano British sprung brooch. |
| <S1> | Publication: Hattatt, R.. 1982. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches. 1. Nos 285-286, 290. |
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