NHER 17429 (Find Spot record) - Early Saxon brooch

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Summary

An Early Saxon brooch, made of copper alloy, found by metal detecting, and part of a much larger scatter, which suggests the presence of an Iron Age and Roman settlement near this site.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG30NE
Civil Parish	LINGWOOD AND BURLINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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1981. Found by metal detecting.
Copper alloy brooch.
Identified W. Milligan (NCM) 30 June 1981.

Originally recorded as Roman, but identified by W. Milligan (NCM) April 1984 as 6th century Early Saxon.

Large scatter including NHER 17259, NHER 18298, NHER 18299, NHER 20246, NHER 20247, NHER 24348, NHER 29175 and NHER 29176. The number of Iron Age and Roman finds from this area suggests that this was the site of a settlement in the Iron Age and Roman period, although its exact nature is uncertain.
Sarah Spooner (NLA) August 2005.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Object Types (1)

BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

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Lingwood and Burlingham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Nov 24 2005 5:10PM