NHER 28909 (Find Spot record) - Possible Iron Age or Roman vessel, Roman brooch and medieval brooch or buckle
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 1992. Metal-detecting. [1].
In restricted area south of conduit plantation:
Copper alloy Aesica brooch; spring, pin and part of leg missing. Similar to example in (S1). Mid 1st century.
Copper alloy scabbard chape for sword, solid (5mm thick) peltate. 2nd and 3rd century.
Pin from 14th century ring brooch or buckle, with square raised panel decorated with 5 ring-and-dots, compare with example in (S2).
(S3) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 31 March 1992.
Copper alloy scabbard chape reidentified as crescentric foot from copper alloy vessel. Iron Age or Roman.
D. Gurney (NLA) 9 March 1992.
KLMD012026 – PAS details awaited. [2].
Finder’s 'Field 1' - rally [3].
Expanded to whole field. Former extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 15 January 2026.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF82775 Photograph: 1992. LFG 1-3, Iron Age/Romano British copper alloy scabbard chape..
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF56569 Publication: Hattatt, R.. 1985. Iron Age and Roman brooches. No 292.
- <S2> SNF57551 Publication: Egan and Pritchard. 1991. Dress Accessories. Nos 538-549.
- <S3> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (7)
- VESSEL (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- MIRROR (Late Iron Age - 75 BC to 15 BC)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SWORD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 211 AD to 217 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Apr 4 2026 2:19PM