NHER 40422 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age/Roman silver brooch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF90NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Full Description
April 2004. Metal detecting in High Grove field.
Iron Age/Roman silver one-piece Colchester brooch, spring, chord and pin missing, the foot bent forward, the catchplate crumpled. On both wings and the bow are pairs of shallow vertical flutes, each one gilt, with straight-sided non-gilded bands between them. The bow and foot are of flat section, wider than the normal Colchester. The sides are almost parallel before curving to the terminal. The catchplate has two perforations, one very small. Length approximately 35mm. Wingspan 12.5mm. Early to mid 1st century AD.
See Treasure report for Coroner by J.D. Hill (S1) in file.
Acquired by the British Museum (2006,0202.1)
A. Rogerson (NLA) 23 April 2004 and E. Darch (NLA) 4 November 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 May 2020.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF85878 Photograph: 2004. KVG 19-21, Iron Age/Romano British silver one-piece Colchester brooch..
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- --- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
- --- SNF100571 Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2006. Treasure Annual Report 2004. p 48; No 34; Figs 34.1 and 34.2.
- <S1> SNF55361 Unpublished Document: Hill, J.D.. 2004. Treasure Report.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BROOCH (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
May 29 2025 8:21AM