Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28612 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Middle Saxon or Late Saxon copper alloy tweezers |
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Summary
Metal detecting at this location in 1991 recovered a pair of Middle/Late Saxon copper alloy tweezers. These were decorated with ring-and-dot stamps on both the front and back.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 85 83 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88SE |
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| Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1991. Metal detecting.
Copper alloy tweezers with expanded arms, and a single-contoured border. Probably 9th century. Decorated on one face with seven ring-and-dot stamps forming a cross, on the other with five ring-and-dots
Polaroid taken by NCM.
Held by Thetford Museum, formerly by member of the public [1].
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), 19 August 1991.
S. Margeson (NCM), 19 August 1991.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- TWEEZERS (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: NCM Polaroid. |
Related records - none
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