NHER 31952 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period metal finds

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Summary

Roman and medieval coins, a Late Saxon stirrup mount and an unusual medieval animal brooch in the shape of a lion, dating from the 11th or 12th century, found by metal detecting.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM08NW
Civil Parish BANHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

July 1996. Metal detecting finds.
6 Roman coins.
1 medieval coin.
See forms in file.
D. Gurney (NLA) 9 July 1996.

Before 4 February 2005. Metal detecting.
Remarkable 11th or 12th century zoomorphic brooch, in the shape of a lion, (S1).
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 April 2005.

Before 10 May 2005. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon stirrup strap mount.
See description and (S2) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 2 September 2005.

  • --- Article in Serial: Ashley, S. 2006. Recent Finds of Anglo-Norman 'High-Status' Objects from Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 105-108.
  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2005. Drawing of a medieval zoomorphic brooch in the shape of a lion.. Film. 2:1.
  • <S2> Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • STIRRUP STRAP MOUNT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 20 2013 9:17AM

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