Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20176 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon brooch |
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Summary
Metal detecting in this area in around 1980 recovered a 9th century brooch. It was made of bronze and decorated with a backward-facing animal.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 72 25 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72NW |
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| Parish: | HILLINGTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
December 1980 approximately. In edge of parkland just north of road. Metal detecting.
9th century brooch. Bronze, 2.8cm diameter. Incised decoration - animal bending over its back, double circle for eye and two dittos on body. Loan to KLM, via [1].
See rubbing (S1). Slides (S2) at KLM.
Identified by E. M. James (KLM).
E. M. James (KLM) 3 February 1984.
Marked on NCM map (S3) further northeast at [2], but KLM map marking (S4) was made by finder.
Part of large scatter NHER 29913.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Illustration: [Unknown]. 1980. Rubbing of a Late Saxon copper alloy brooch. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| <S3> | Map: NCM. NCM Record Map. |
| <S4> | Map: King's Lynn Museum. KLM 6 inch Record Map. |
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