Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33646 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman brooch |
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Summary
A Roman brooch found by metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 20 35 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG23NW |
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| Parish: | HANWORTH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April/May 1998. Metal detecting finds.
Roman brooch, rather corroded Dolphin with wide semi-circular wings open at back for spring (rear facing hook to hold chord missing). One wing survives, decorated on front with 2 broad vertical grooves with a moulding between. The bow is even more corroded, but has longitudinal decoration with a catchplate on reverse. 1st century AD.
Identified by H. Geake (A&E)
A. Rogerson (NLA) 5 June 1998.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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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