Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4685 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon brooch from Threxton |
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Summary
A 'Borre' style Late Saxon copper alloy disc brooch was found in 1853 at Threxton. The exact location of this discovery is unclear.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Pre 1853. Stray Find.
Found 'at Threxton'.
Late Saxon copper alloy disc brooch with engraved lozenge with incurving sides branching into knotwork that occupies field. Jellinge style. R.A. Smith considered 8th century but according to R.R. Clarke (NCM) probably 9th to 10th century. Viking. See drawings (S1)-(S3).
Donated to Norwich Castle Musum (NWHCM : 1950.179.8.1 : A).
This brooch is illustrated in (S4) and (S5) and also noted in (S6), (S7), (S8) and (S9).
Information from (S10).
Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 17 January 2020.
This object has been subject to XFR analysis, revealing its composition to be 86.38% copper, 10.90% lead, 1.69% zinc and 0.82% iron (the remainder being traces).
Information from NCM records.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 September 2018.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 89 NE 15. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy disc brooch. Paper. 2:1. |
| --- | Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Drawing of a Late Saxon copper alloy disc brooch. Paper. 2:1. |
| --- | Illustration: [Unknown]. [Unknown]. Drawing of Late Saxon copper alloy disc brooches from Hethersett and Threxton. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S4> | Publication: Roach Smith, C. Collectanae Antiqua. Etchings and Notices of Ancient Remains, Illustrative of the Habits, Customs, and History of Past Ages. Vol III. Vol III, pl XXXIV, p 209. p 209; Pl XXXIV. |
| <S5> | Article in Serial: 1855. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VI pp 341-366. pp 363-364; p 354, fig. 5. |
| <S6> | Documentary Source: Manning, C. R. 1853. Catalogue of Antiquities found in the County of Norfolk. |
| <S7> | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. pp 346-347. |
| <S8> | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1940. Norfolk in the Dark Ages, 400-800 A.D., Part II. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII Pt II pp 215-249. p 241. |
| <S9> | Thesis: Richardson, C. 1993. The Borre Style in the British Isles and Ireland. A Re-assessment.. p.30. |
| <S10> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Cressingham (Little). |
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