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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 92 NE 163
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze annular brooch

Summary

Bronze annular brooch, found by metal detector near Brookland, Romney Marsh.


Grid Reference:TQ 97 25
Map Sheet:TQ92NE
Parish:BROOKLAND, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1250 AD? to 1300 AD?)

Associated Finds

  • ANNULAR BROOCH (Medieval - 1250 AD? to 1300 AD?)

Full description

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Copper alloy (Bronze? (1)) alloy annular brooch, with flat ring decorated with circular punchmarks and six circular settings for white material, possibly shell. Circular hole in band for attachment of pin, which is missing. The punchmarks are applied in groups of two lines of five, between each circular setting. Thickness: 4 mm Diameter: 24 mm (PAS database).


<1> Romney Marsh Research Trust, 2010, Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010 (Unpublished document). SKE16034.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Romney Marsh Research Trust. 2010. Romney Marsh Research Trust Gazetteer 2010.