NHER 29777 (Find Spot record) - Unusual Roman buckle and brooch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM29NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SHOTESHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 1993. Found with metal detector.
Roman and medieval coins.
See lists in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM) 5 May 1993.
J. Davies (NCM) 5 May 1993.
August/September 1995. Metal detector finds.
One Iceni, two Roman, one medieval coins. See lists in file.
Late Roman 'soldiers and settlers' type buckle, decorated with two dolphin heads, (S2).
(Medieval Arch. (1961) 15, Fig.15 a-d).
Polaroid (S1) taken by NCM.
Early Bronze Age flat axe, sawn from rest of axe, butt-end, (S3).
Very odd ?Iron Age or ?Roman brooch, (S4) (Seen by D. Mackreth who has seen nothing like it before).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 10 November 1995.
September/October 1995. Metal detector find.
Roman crossbow type brooch. Dating to around AD 275-300/325.
Identified by D. Mackreth.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 5 April 1996.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
- <S2> SNF77428 Illustration: Jenkins, T.. 1995. Drawing of a Late Romano British 'soldiers and settlers' type buckle.. Paper. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF77429 Illustration: Jenkins, T.. 1995. Drawing of an Early Bronze Age flat axe fragment.. Paper. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF77427 Illustration: Jenkins, T.. 1995. Drawing of an Iron Age/Roman brooch.. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (8)
- FLAT AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUCKLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 29 2022 9:57AM