NHER 12580 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age brooch
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Summary
An Iron Age copper alloy brooch found by metal detecting in 1976.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL78NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1976. Found with metal detecting in ploughsoil.
La Tene I copper alloy brooch with pin and much of spring missing. Bow solid, pentagonal in section, with foot recurved in triangle, terminating in disc and double crescents. Disc pierced, and holds find copper alloy pin probably for holding paste or enamel ornament.
See (S1) in the Illustration Library.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
May 19 2014 9:39AM