Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9722 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Possible site of Late Saxon disc brooch and medieval pottery sherds |
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Summary
In 1965 a Late Saxon copper alloy animal disc brooch and a number of medieval pottery sherds were recovered from this site or NHER 9721.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 22 00 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | SWAINSTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Alternative site for NHER 9721.
1965. Bronze animal disc brooch, with medieval sherds just to north, found here or at site NHER 9721.
Information from NCM card.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU).
This is probably the brooch described and figured in (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 31 July 2018.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Swainsthorpe. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Swainsthorpe. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Smedley, N. and Owles, E. 1965. Some Anglo-Saxon 'Animal'-Brooches. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Vol XXX Pt 2 pp 166-174. p 173; Pl XXVI h. |
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