NHER 30995 (Find Spot record) - Roman and Early Saxon finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 1994 and 2015 recovered a Roman brooch and an Early Saxon hanging bowl fragment decorated with red enamel.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG12SW
Civil Parish	BRANDISTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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October 1994. Metal-detecting. [1].
Hanging bowl escutcheon, (S1).
Beautiful disc with slightly concave back, traces of silvering, decorated with 3 spirals around centre.
Red enamel.
Small chord missing from edge may mark break-off of hook attachment.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 13 October 1994.

September-October 2015. Metal-detecting. [2].
Roman brooch.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 6 November 2015..

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF87902 Photograph: 1994. LDN 25-31, Early Saxon hanging bowl escutcheon..
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF77276 Illustration: White, S.. 1994. Drawing of an Early Saxon hanging bowl. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (2)

BROOCH (Roman - 55 AD to 80 AD)
HANGING BOWL (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

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Brandiston (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Aug 10 2017 2:20PM