Record Details

NHER Number:28164
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Saxon and medieval finds

Summary

A Late Saxon disc brooch and an attachment plate for a medieval harness pendant found during metal detecting.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 16 02
Map Sheet:TG10SE
Parish:KETTERINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

March 1990. Found with metal detecting.
Disc brooch, 10th century Borre type, very worn. Lug catchplate missing. Iron traces on reverse.
Late medieval gilt copper alloy attachment plate for harness pendant, with lis-shaped terminals, each pierced for rivet, and a central H-shaped lug for attachment of pendant. Cross-hatching around central rivet hole.
Polaroid NCM.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM) April 1990.

Part of large scatter NHER 28710.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

Related records - none

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