NHER 28984 (Find Spot record) - Late Bronze Age chape

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Summary

In 1992 metal detecting here recovered a Late Bronze Age bronze bag-shaped chape. It was broken into two and had curious encrustation. It is possible that river dredgings were spread here before the houses were built. This would explain the encrustation on this find and those from NHER 28985. A number of Roman objects were also recovered at this site, include a copper alloy skillet, brooch and coins.

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Map sheet	TL88SE
Civil Parish	THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1992. Metal detecting. In garden.
Late Bronze Age bronze bag-shaped chape with two rivets and decoration around rivets; broken in two pieces, curious encrustation.
Could river dredgings have been spread before houses built? (See also NHER 28985).
Photograph (S1) and drawing (S2) in file.
Find held by Thetford Museum, formerly by member of the public [1].
W. Milligan (NCM) 11 May 1992

Radiocarbon date 2780BP +-50 (in file).

Also Roman skillet. See drawings in file.

August 1992. Metal-detecting.
Found at "site of Roman frying pan":
5 Roman coin, 1 pottery sherd (mortarium rim fragment) and 1 brooch.
See notes in file.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 August 2017.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
<S2> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (8)

HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
SCABBARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
PLANT REMAINS (Late Bronze Age - 880 BC to 780 BC)
BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
SKILLET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 3 2017 3:48PM