Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20975 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon brooch and medieval buckle |
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Summary
The lower end of a Early Saxon cruciform brooch and a square 15th century silvered copper alloy buckle were found here by metal detecting. These finds are part of a larger Roman to Late Saxon settlement and Early Saxon cemetery complex.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 71 23 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72SW |
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| Parish: | CONGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 1984. Metal detecting.
Lower end of copper alloy cruciform brooch,'horse head' with widely flaring muzzle and large 'nostrils'. Width across latter 2.4cm; surviving length 3.4cm Early Saxon.
Square strap-end buckle with square impressed design, silvered copper alloy, ?15th century.
Information from [1].
I.D. buckle, S. Margeson (NCM), brooch: E. M. James (KLM).
See (S1) and (S2).
E. M. James (KLM), 29 September 1984.
Part of large scatter NHER 30754
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
Related records
| 30754 | Part of: Early Saxon cemetery and Roman to Early Medieval settlement, multi-period findspot. (Monument) |
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