Record Details
| NHER Number: | 22755 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman brooch and post medieval seal |
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Summary
A Roman brooch and a post medieval cloth seal found by metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 17 04 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10SE |
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| Parish: | HETHERSETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1986. Route of new A11. Found with metal detecting.
Crossbow brooch prototype ?175 to 225 AD.
Identified by D. Mackreth
W. Milligan (NCM) 16 May 1986.
April 1987. Found with metal detecting
Large amount of spoil from roadworks.
Part of four sided Stuart period lead cloth seal. Royal Arms soon after 1610, when alnage went over to that type. Identified by G. Egan (Museum of London)
W. Milligan (NCM) 2 June 1987.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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