NHER 37364 (Find Spot record) - Medieval metal find

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Summary

Metal detecting in 2002 recovered a medieval inscribed gilt copper alloy brooch.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM17NW
Civil Parish	ROYDON (NEAR DISS), SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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June 2002. Metal detecting.
Medieval copper alloy gilt annular brooch (diameter 27mm), chamfered with stamped annulets on arris, constriction for pin and pin-rest flanked by twin concave mouldings between transverse bars and two quatrefoils, flat back inscribed with: M N N (both N's are retrograde) between three crosses potent. (S1).
Identified by S.J. Ashley (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 August 2002.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
<S1> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Object Types (1)

BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Roydon (near Diss) (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jun 2 2021 8:20AM