NHER 11799 (Find Spot record) - Early Saxon finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MUNDFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1976. Dug from side of pipe trench.
Copper alloy annular brooch, decorated with lines and crosses, (S1).
Copper alloy pin with flat circular head, (S2).
2 blue glass beads, 5 red, yellow and green glass paste beads and flat amber bead, (S3).
Apparently all found together, but information on this not reliable.
Foot of copper alloy cruciform found in spoil from trench, also human bones (but this latter not seen), (S4).
Photographed.
Information via NCM.
(S4) in file shows that the foot of cruciform is the same object as [1] claimed in 1977 to have found at site NHER 5053 - information from [2].
E. Rose (NAU) 2 December 1981.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF56693 Photograph: Unknown. Unknown. [unknown].
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF79193 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1976. Drawing of an Early Saxon copper alloy annular brooch.. Card. 2:1.
- <S2> SNF79194 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1976. Drawing of an Early Saxon copper alloy pin with flat circular head.. Card. 2:1.
- <S3> SNF79195 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1976. Drawings of Early Saxon glass beads.. Card. 2:1.
- <S4> SNF79196 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1976. Drawing of the Foot of an Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch.. Card. 2:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (4)
- BEAD (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- PIN (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 29 2014 9:54AM