NHER 24332 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1987 and 2004 recovered a Late Saxon Ringerike style copper alloy brooch in the form of a bird with tendril on its beak, as well as an Iron Age coin, a possible Roman ring, a Middle or Late Saxon strap end and a medieval casket fitting.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20SW
Civil Parish	STOKE HOLY CROSS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

December 1987. Found with metal detector. [1]
Copper alloy brooch in form of bird, with tendril on beak. Ringerike style, 11th century.
Now in NCM (NWHCM: 1990.52).
Polaroid NCM. For comparison see Article (S1), Correspondence (S2), Monograph (S3) and Publication (S4).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 15 January 1988.
See finds illustration in file (S5).

June-July 2004. Metal-detecting.
1 Iron Age coin.
1 ?Roman ring.
1 Middle-Late Saxon strap end.
1 medieval casket fitting.
Coins identified by A. Marsden (NLA), and other objects by S. Ashley (NLA). See description in file.
E. Darch (NLA), 16 August 2004.
Updated by J. Page (HES), 26 February 2014.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF6905 Article in Serial: Margeson, S. 1988. A Bird-Shaped Brooch from Stoke Holy Cross. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XL Pt II pp 199-200.
<S2> SNF100634 Correspondence: 1990. Letter from C. Richardson to S. Margeson regarding 'East Anglian disc brooches'. 12 January.
<S3> SNF100635 Monograph: Åberg, N.. 1941. Keltiska och orientaliska stilinflytelser i vikingatidens nordiska konst. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien., Handlingar. Vol 46, 4.
<S4> SNF100636 Publication: Herrmann, J. 1982. Wikinger und Slawen : Zur Frühgeschichte der Ostseevölker.
<S5> SNF82154 Illustration: White, S.. Unknown. Drawing of Late Saxon bird brooch. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (5)

COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
RING (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD? to 1065 AD?)
BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
CASKET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 29 2022 9:57AM