Record Details

NHER Number:39942
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Saxon and medieval finds

Summary

A Middle Saxon ansate brooch, a medieval coin, a medieval chape, a medieval buckle frame, a medieval strap loop and a post medieval hooked tag were found by a metal detectorist.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 42 05
Map Sheet:TG40NW
Parish:FREETHORPE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

September-October 2003. Metal-detecting in southwest part of field.
1 ?Middle Saxon brooch fragment (ansate).
1 medieval coin, 1 chape, 1 buckle frame and 1 strap loop.
1 post-medieval hooked tag.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA) and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 22 November 2003.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 24 March 2014

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Photograph: 2003. KTY 26, Middle Saxon brooch..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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