Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21859 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman copper alloy key and terret fragments |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1985 recovered half of a Roman copper alloy key handle of trilobate type, and the lower part of a Roman copper alloy terret of protected loop type.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 25 92 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM29SE |
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| Parish: | TOPCROFT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1985. Metal-detecting. [1].
Two objects found within feet of each other (no pottery or other finds despite intensive detecting):
Half of Roman copper alloy key handle of trilobate type.
Lower part of Roman copper alloy terret of protected loop type - rather a small example.
A. Gregory (NAU), 23 October 1985.
Extended to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [2].
P. Watkins (HES), 20 August 2024.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- HARNESS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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