NHER 21009 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KETTERINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1984. On edge of lake in park. Found with metal detecting.
Coin of Constantine. Barbarous radiate 270 to 280s.
Openwork plate brooch 2nd century (photo NCM) (wrongly identified see below) (possibly more coins also).
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
W.F. Milligan (NCM) 16 November 1984.
Brooch found in 1984 reidentified as Viking pierced lozenge-shaped brooch cf. Wangford Suffolk (S1).
Photo NCM. Copy of photo in file.
This brooch is noted in thesis (S2) and is amongst those included in the catalogue that accompanies thesis (S3).
S. Margeson (NCM) 23 February 1985. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 17 January 2020 and P. Watkins (HES), 31 March 2020.
1985.
Other coins: irregular copy Antoninianus of Carausius 287-293, Antoninianus mid-late 3rd century; house of Valentinian SECVRITAS REIPUBLICAE 364-78.
Also copper alloy harness stud ?Roman.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU)
W.F. Milligan (NCM) 11 April 1985
Immediately north of track, within metres of 'X' on 6in map.
Late medieval copper alloy finger ring inscribed III ?M (or crown?). Flattened D section.
Interior diameter 17mm.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NAU), 28 January 1989.
N.B. This X is misleading; Roman coins over an area; not in one spot: Finder will indicate area in near future.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 28 January 1989
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF61111 Photograph: NCM. [unknown].
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF2816 Article in Serial: Martin, E., Plouviez, J. and Ross, H. 1984. Archaeology in Suffolk, 1983. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Vol XXXV Pt 4 pp 321-328. p 322; Fig 79b.
- <S2> SNF100357 Thesis: Richardson, C. 1993. The Borre Style in the British Isles and Ireland. A Re-assessment. p 17.
- <S3> SNF100530 Thesis: Kershaw, J. 2010. Culture and Gender in the Danelaw: Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian Brooches, 850-1050. No 20 (Lozenge brooch - Birka type).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (4)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 23 2025 8:32AM