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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-6A8BA7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of Late early medieval trefoil brooch, engraved triangular centre with one of three arms with a stylised leaf ornament, curled sheet catch-plate on reverse. Cf. Rogerson (1995) Middle Harling, fig.34, no.2, decoration very similar although Harling example has ring-and-dot. Late 9th-early 10th century.

Jane Kershaw has confirmed this as - Trefoil brooch, Maixner Type G 1.3, group not known, not certain if this is of Scandinavian or Anglo-Scandinavian origin.

Class: trefoil
Sub class: Maixner Type G 1.3

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 850
Date to: AD 950

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2008 - Friday 31st October 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
To be known as: Postwick with Witton

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Rogerson, A.	1995	A Late Neolithic, Saxon and Medieval Site at Middle Harling, Norfolk		Norfolk Museums Service

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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