Record Details

NHER Number:37178
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Bronze Age or Iron Age ram's head pin

Summary

Metal detecting in 2002 recovered a remarkable pin surmounted by ram's head and miniature dog. It is thought to date to the Late Bronze Age or Iron Age.

Images

  • A Late Bronze Age or Iron Age ram's head pin from Swaffham.  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service

Location

Grid Reference:TF 82 09
Map Sheet:TF80NW
Parish:SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

January 2002. Metal detecting.
Remarkable pin surmounted by ram's head and miniature dog (S1).
See description and drawing in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 31 May 2002.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • PIN (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
  • PIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: White, S.. 2002. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age/Iron Age copper alloy pin.. Film. 2:1.

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