Record Details

NHER Number:11440
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Beaker pin

Summary

A Beaker pin, made of copper alloy, found in 1972.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 1133 7982
Map Sheet:TM17NW
Parish:DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Summer 1972. Found in garden
Copper alloy pin with 6 spirals on head, 6.3cm.
Pin with 2 spirals has outer copper alloy sheeting with 4 spirals.
Possibly came in soil from NHER 11441.
See (S1) in the Illustration Library.
Donated by the finder to Norwich Castle Museum in November 1976 (NWHCN: 1976.508).
E. Rose (NAU). Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 23 July 2020.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

Associated Finds

  • PIN (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Unknown. 1972. Drawing of a possible Bronze Age copper alloy pin.. Card. 2:1.

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