NHER 31336 (Find Spot record) - Saxon metal find

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1994 recovered a Late Saxon lead disc brooch, decorated with a cross in a central roundel and a pelleted border.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM08SW
Civil Parish SOUTH LOPHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1994. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon lead disc brooch with equal-armed (expanded armed) cross in central roundel, with a border of transverse ribs around it, then a pelleted border, and finally another billeted border.On reverse lug a catchplate and a relief cross.
Slide (S1) NCM, Polaroid (S2) and drawing (S3) in file.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), 11 October 1994.
W. Milligan (NCM), 15 August 1994.

  • --- Photograph: 1995. LDH 17-19, Late Saxon lead disc brooch..
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Slide: Various. Slide.
  • <S2> Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
  • <S3> Illustration: Finds Illustrations.
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 2 2016 12:11PM

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