Record Details

NHER Number:4894
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Early Saxon brooch (Methwold, poorly located)

Summary

An Early Saxon small-long brooch may have been found in Methwold. The exact nature and location of this discovery are unclear.

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Location

Parish:METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Cruciform brooch (Aberg group IV) - called Northwold in (S1). This refers to record NHER 4811.
Small long brooch - ?Methwold.
E. Rose (NAU).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Methwold.
<S1>Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. pp 340-341.

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