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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-463627
Object type certainty: Certain
A Middle-Late Saxon copper alloy disc brooch, worn and slightly bent, of the backward-looking animal type. There is a small irregular hole between the head and tail, a pelletted border, and the catch-plate and broken lug for the pin survive on the reverse. It may be compared with West (1998), fig. 46.2 and dates from the 9th century.
Class: Disc
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: East
County: Norfolk
District: South Norfolk
To be known as: Colney
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st December 2000 - Wednesday 31st January 2001
Personal details
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Recorded by: Miss Emma Whitcombe
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Identified by: Mr Steven Ashley - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 9332
References cited
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Created:
Wednesday 5th January 2011
Updated: Wednesday 5th January 2011
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