Record Details

NHER Number:28981
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman brooch and medieval buckle and pottery sherds

Summary

Metal detecting and fieldwalking here in 1992 and 1994 recovered a large Roman dolphin brooch, fragments of Roman and medieval pottery and a medieval buckle.

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Location

Grid Reference:TG 44 15
Map Sheet:TG41NW
Parish:ROLLESBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

April 1992. Found with metal detecting and in fieldwalking
Small quantity of Roman and medieval sherds. Identified by W. Milligan (NCM).
Late medieval buckle fragment. Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
J. Davies (NCM) 5 May 1992

January/February 1994.
Roman Dolphin type brooch, simple moulded grooved decoration along bow and in wings. Very large example 58mm long. 1st century AD.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 3 June 1995

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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