Record ID: SF-CF1E57
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper alloy disc brooch of backward-looking animal type. It is a small flat disc, 28.16mm in diameter with the surface very worn. It is decorated with a backward-looking animal, surrounded by a border of pellets. The animal has a raised tail, and its four limbs terminate in a two or three-element paw. The face is worn but the eye is ring-like, and the back of the neck is ragged suggesting a mane. The reverse is plain, with a lug and a fragment of the catchplate. A similar brooch from Butley, Suffolk is illustrated in Wilson 1964. There are a number of findspots for …
Created on: Monday 24th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foulden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7A41B8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A probably medieval copper alloy pin head and part of shaft. Its head is cuboid with the corners cut off, and measure 13.43 in height, 12.98mm in width and 15.46mm in thickness. The four main side faces and the top face all have incised line decoration forming a lozenge shape divided into four small lozenges. The cut-off corner faces are all outlined with a triangle. The shaft is circular in cross section, and is bent about halfway along its length (c. 28.25mm if straightened) at a 90 degree angle.
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2006
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foulden', grid reference and parish protected.