Record Details

NHER Number:32035
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman coins, Early Saxon cruciform and supporting arm brooches

Summary

Metal detecting in 1995 recovered two Roman coins, an Early Saxon foot of a cruciform brooch and an Early Saxon supporting arm brooch. Metal-detecting in October 2010 recovered a post-medieval rowel spur.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 14 98
Map Sheet:TM19NW
Parish:WRENINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

September/October 1995. Metal detector finds.
Two Roman coins.
See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 April 1996.

1995. Metal detector find.
Early Saxon foot of cruciform brooch, wedge shaped muzzle, circular 'nostrils' projecting.
Polaroid (S1) in file.
Early Saxon supporting arm brooch.
Drawing (S2) in file.
W. Milligan (NCM), 24 February 1997.

October-November 2010. Metal-detecting.
Post-medieval rowel spur.
See description in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 2 December 2010.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • ROWEL SPUR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S2>Illustration: Jenkins, T.. 1995. Drawing of an Early Saxon supporting arm brooch. Paper. 1:1.

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