NHER 28391 (Find Spot record) - Late Saxon disc brooch, prehistoric flints and multi-period pottery sherds

January 1991. Fieldwalking and metal-detecting.
Five flint flakes, and one flake with retouch. Identified by J. Wymer (NAU) 16 April 1991.
Pottery sherds including early medieval bowl, inclusive ware, Late medieval Transitional, green glazed Grimston, and two Bellarmine mask fragments.
Medieval bronze vessel ring fragment with sheet rivet (for handle attachment).
Post medieval bronze ?thumb-piece of hinged lid (as off a tankard of ?handle terminal).
Information from member of the public [1].
Identifications by S. Margeson (NCM) 24 January 1991.
S. Margeson (NCM), 24 January 1991.

October/November 2002. Metal-detecting.
Found at location [2]:
Late Saxon copper disc brooch, broken, much of edge missing, concave-sided figure with each of the four corners extended to form interlaced, double contoured knots, circular sunken field in centre, pierced lug and catch-plate on reverse, approximate diameter 30mm. Borre style. 10th century. See for comparison West, 1998, 134.8.
Digital image in file.
Identified by S. Ashley (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 December 2002.