NHER 24856 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age to Roman brooch fragments and unidentified objects, Thetford Bypass
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1988. Metal detecting on route of Thetford bypass.
Bronze object, cast. One end is hemispherical, globular centre and the other end is looped, Iron Age or Roman.
Bronze spring. Probably originally with 8-10 coils. From mid-1st century brooch.
See details in file and finder's map 7 numbers 1-2.
A. Rogerson (NAU), October 1988.
October/November 1989. Found at location [1].
In area previously occupied by site offices.
Discoidal lead weight with central hole, unknown date.
Rear hook brooch: part of wing, spring, pin and catchplate missing, moulded wings, central groove on brow in decorative zig-zag. Mid-late 1st century AD.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 17 November 1989.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (4)
- BROOCH (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- WEIGHT (Unknown date)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 13 2014 11:57AM