NHER 24348 (Find Spot record) - Roman and Saxon metalwork

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Summary

Roman coins and a brooch, and an Early Saxon brooch, found by metal detecting, and part of a larger scatter which suggests the presence of an Iron Age and Roman settlement near this site.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG30NE
Civil Parish LINGWOOD AND BURLINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Pre 1988. Fieldwalking finds.
Roman rear hook brooch, mid to late 1st century.
Saxon Early cruciform brooch 5th century.
Roman coin, Constantine I BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, AD 320 to 3.
Roman coin, Constans or Constantius II VICTORIAE DD AVGG QNN, AD 347 to 8.
Roman coin, House of Valentinian SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, AD 364 to 378.
Identified A. Gregory (NAU)
W. Milligan (NAU) February 1988.

1989. Metal detecting.
Foot of small-long brooch (no.185), (S1), and bow/upper foot of small-long or cruciform brooch (no. 188), (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 21 October 2005.

Large scatter including NHER 17259, NHER 18298, NHER 18299, NHER 20246, NHER 20247, NHER 24348, NHER 29175 and NHER 29176. The number of Iron Age and Roman finds from this area suggests that this was the site of a settlement in the Iron Age and Roman period, although its exact nature is uncertain.
Sarah Spooner (NLA) August 2005.

  • --- Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Illustration: Penn, K.. 1989. Drawing of an Early Saxon foot of small-long brooch.. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Illustration: Penn, K.. 1989. Drawing of the bow/upper foot of an Early Saxon small-long or cruciform brooch.. Film. 2:1.
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

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Record last edited

May 22 2017 3:26PM

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