Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34905 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period metal finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting between 1997 and 1998 recovered a range of objects, including a Roman brooch, a pair of Early Saxon tweezers, a Middle Saxon brooch, an unusual Late Saxon disc brooch, a medieval buckle and a post medieval book fitting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 01 95 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM09NW |
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| Parish: | GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1997 to 1998. Metal detecting. East of NHER 9082.
Found by [1]; Early Saxon tweezers
Found by [1] and [2]; Roman brooch.
Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal finds.
October 1997. Metal detecting.
Found by [1]; Late Saxon disc brooch. (S1).
See lists in file.
K. Sussams (NCM), 20 May 1998.
Parallel found on the Hilton Hotel site in Mainz suggests the above ?Late Saxon disc brooch found in 1997 dated to somewhere between about 800 and the mid 11th century.
See copy of paper by E. Wamers (S2) in file.
A, Rogerson (NLA), 13 June 2000.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BOW BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- TOILET ARTICLE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- TWEEZERS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BROOCH (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- PLATE BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BOX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Holness, A.. 1997. Drawing of a Late Saxon disc brooch.. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Wamers, E.. 1994. Mainzer Archaeologische Schriften. |
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