NHER 20928 (Find Spot record) - Viking brooch and Roman vessel
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM19NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TASBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1984. Fieldwalking.
Worked flint, unglazed medieval body sherds and Westerwald stoneware sherd.
Held by NCM, formerly by member of the public [1].
W. F. Milligan (NCM) 23 October 1984
January/February 1994. Metal detecting.
Lovely bronze 9th century openwork lozengiform imported Viking brooch with animal head at each corner and a rosette in centre and a pair of lines on each 'arm'. Pierced lug on reverse. Unusual type. Catchplate missing.
This brooch is amongst those included in the catalogue that accompanies thesis (S1).
Identified by S. Margson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 18 April 1994. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 March 2020.
Before 28 March 2003. Metal detecting.
Roman vessel in the form of a lion.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 28 April 2003.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
- --- SNF85665 Photograph: 2003. KTR 23-30, Romano British vessel mount..
- --- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF100530 Thesis: Kershaw, J. 2010. Culture and Gender in the Danelaw: Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian Brooches, 850-1050. No 23 (Lozenge brooch - Birka type).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (5)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- VESSEL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 31 2020 1:04AM