NHER 39295 (Find Spot record) - Early Saxon brooch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM08NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BANHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February/March 2003. Metal detecting.
Abraded fragment of Early Saxon cruciform brooch, head-plate with panel and cast-in-one knobs (one missing). These are decorated with low transverse mouldings on their convex fronts and have shallow round concavities on the reverse. The top knob is much wider and longer than the side knob. Both may have lost splayed terminals. No surface decoration is now visible. Ancient braeks. Mid 6th century.
Photograph in file, see (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 April 2003.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 24 2012 3:40PM