NHER 25497 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Middle to Late Saxon finds (Norfolk, poorly located)

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Summary

Various objects known to have been recovered from Norfolk before the end of 1999 but no precise discovery or locational information is available for them. The finds include a Middle/Late Saxon nummular brooch and a Late Saxon copper alloy box mount decorated with Ringerike style animals.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	NORFOLK NO PROVENANCE, -, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

The finds detailed below were all recovered from Norfolk before the end of 1999 but no precise discovery or locational information is available for them.

Before December 1985.
Middle/Late Saxon nummular brooch of 'Louis the Pious' type.
Shown to the British Museum by Bury St Edmunds Museum in December 1985.
Details from (S1).
A. Beckham (HES), 12 January 2021.

1987 or before. [1].
Late Saxon bronze box mount with three rivet holes and a pierced terminal, decorated with Ringerike-style animal ornament.
See (S2) and (S3).
Identified (from photograph) by S. Margeson (NCM), 21 June 1989.

1988. Metal-detecting. [2].
Roman bow and fantail brooch.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2020.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF100918 Correspondence: British Museum. 1987. Correspondence between a member of British Museum staff and S. Margeson regarding Middle Saxon pseudo-coin brooches. 3 December.
<S2> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. NCM.
<S3> SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide. NCM.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (4)

BROOCH (Roman - 75 AD to 175 AD)
BROOCH (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
FURNITURE FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

May 19 2021 1:02PM