Find Spot record 5135/0/1 - Unstratified Saxon Finds

Anglo Saxon brooch 6th to 7th century findspot

{1} Finds from 1970. C6th/7th Saxon bronze undecorated swastika brooch, a fragment of Saxon pottery, and a bronze strip with punched dot decoration, possibly from a buckle plate. From SP708611.

{2} Anglo-Saxon finds have been made at SP 708611. A bronze undecorated swastika broch of 6th to 7th-century AD date was found in 1970 together with a fragment of Saxon pottery and a piece of bronze strip with punched dot decoration, possibly from a buckle plate and probably of similar date.

{3} The findspot was given as SP708611 but subsequent enquiries suggest that its location was closer to SP70726098. At the time the brooch was assigned a date between the second half of the 6th century AD and early 7th century AD, more recently a similar has been dated to the second half of the 6th century AD,

<1> Brown, A E (ed), 1971, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies, p.45 (checked) (Journal). SNN13960.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.402 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<3> Shaw M., 1993, The Discovery of Saxon Sites Below Fieldwalking Scatters: Settlement Evidence at Brixworth and Upton, p. 90 (Report). SNN40460.

<4> Shaw M.; Williams J., 1971-1981, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Record Cards, A57 (Index). SNN133.

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