NHER 36097 (Find Spot record) - Two Late Saxon brooches

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Summary

Metal detecting on this site recovered two Late Saxon brooches. One is a copy of a Scandinavian type of brooch, while the other may have been made in Scandinavia.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10NE
Civil Parish BAWBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Before 16 October 2000. Metal detecting.
Two Late Saxon brooches. One is a copy of a Scandinavian type of brooch whilst the other may have been made in Scandinavia.
See descriptions in file.
See NHER 33059.
The Scandinavian-type brooch is amongst those included in the catalogue that accompanies thesis (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 March 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 March 2020.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Thesis: Kershaw, J. 2010. Culture and Gender in the Danelaw: Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian Brooches, 850-1050. No 18 (Lozenge brooch - Birka type).
  • BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 31 2020 1:04AM

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