NHER 29208 (Find Spot record) - Unidentified Iron Age object
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF80NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1992. Metal detector finds. [1]
Part of foot of Early Saxon cruciform brooch- possible early one ie. Aberg Gp I or early Gp 2. About 500AD or before
Possible hat/cap for wooden figure or ferrule of unknown date.*
Polaroids NCM (S1), copies in file
Compiled by W. Milligan (NLA), 18 May 1992
*Reidentified as medieval ?late 15th century dagger guard.
For reference see one from Shernbourne NHER 24431.
Copies of polaroids (S1) in file.
Again reidentified as an ?Iron Age moustache-shaped object, the function of which is unknown. Other examples are recorded at NHER 5235, NHER 16121, NHER 17600, NHER 33872 and NHER 39265.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 22 September 2006.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (4)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FIGURINE (Undated)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- DAGGER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 19 2020 2:52AM