Record Details

NHER Number:56980
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period metal objects

Summary

Metal-detecting in 2012 recovered an Early Saxon brooch; a Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount; a medieval locking buckle and lead seal matrix and a post-medieval shoe buckle.

Images

  • Early Saxon brooch from NHER 56980  © Norfolk County Council
  • Late Saxon stirrup strap mount from NHER 56980  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval seal matrix from NHER 56980  © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval seal matrix cast from NHER 56980  © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:TG 08 23
Map Sheet:TG02SE
Parish:REEPHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

October 2012. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field A21. [1].
Early Saxon brooch.
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount.
Medieval locking buckle and lead seal matrix.
Post-medieval shoe buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2013 and P. Watkins (HES), 1 August 2013.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 450 AD to 530 AD)
  • STIRRUP (Late Saxon - 1000 AD to 1065 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (12th Century to 13th Century - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • BUCKLE (14th Century to 15th Century - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
  • BUCKLE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1690 AD to 1720 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.

Related records - none

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