Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24668 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon brooch |
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Summary
10th century copper alloy disc brooch decorated with a backwards facing quadruped and ring-and-dot motif.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9204 4378 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF94SW |
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| Parish: | WELLS NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July 1988.
Late Saxon, 10th century copper alloy disc or 'button' brooch, (S1).
Decorated with backward looking quadraped and ring-and-dot. Dots look drilled? Secondary suspension hole. Catch-plate and pin lug worn or rubbed almost smooth. Decorated surface worn.
Map and newspaper report (S2) in file.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 13 July 1988.
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
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1988. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch.. Film. 2:1. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. 'Common coin' is a rare old brooch. 24 August. |
Related records - none
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