NHER 17254 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and multi-period metal objects
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | COSTESSEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1980. Metal detecting. Ploughed field.
Bronze 17th century tag end with loop; incised stiffleaf ornament (S2). Identified by J. Cherry (British Museum). Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1981.417).
English jetton with pierced centre and pierced at edge.
Edward I sterling head; border of pellets. Reverse: border of pellets, strokes and short cross with three pellets in each angle. Obverse no.1 (but border pellets only). Reverse: no.4. See (S3).
Bronze pointed oval 14th century seal with loop on reverse. S SIMONIS DE WALPOL. Device; virgin and child with kneeling devotee.
1981. Metal detecting. Ploughed field.
Roman coin, sestertius of Antoninus Pius AD 137-161.31) in file.
Lead ampulla with scalloped shell reverse, probably Walsingham (S4).
Post medieval lead bale seal, complete, crowned portcullis. Inscription illegible round edge (S5).
Jetton W. Lauffer, 16th century.
1981. Metal-detecting.
1 medieval ring brooch (S7).
1984. Fieldwalking.
1 Mesolithic flint 'microblade'.
1 Neolithic part-polished flaked axehead (middle section only, polished edges).
6 undatable crude flints, probably not prehistoric (2 with very worn edges consistent with having been strike a lights, 4 probably building debris from flint facing).
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU) and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 14 November 1984 and 25 February 1985.
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2014.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF78846 Illustration: Unknown. 1981. Drawing of a post-medieval tag end with "stiff leaf" ornament.. Card. 2:1.
- <S3> SNF4523 Publication: Barnard, F. P. 1916. The casting-counter and the counting-board: a chapter in the history of numismatics and early arithmetic. Pl 1.
- <S4> SNF78845 Illustration: Unknown. 1981. Drawing of a medieval shell-shaped ampulla.. Card. 1:1.
- <S5> SNF90865 Illustration: Egan, G. 1981. Rubbings of a post-medieval lead bale seal.. Paper. 1:1.
- <S6> SNF4523 Publication: Barnard, F. P. 1916. The casting-counter and the counting-board: a chapter in the history of numismatics and early arithmetic. P XXXIII; No 75.
- <S7> SNF90866 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1981. Drawing of a medieval copper alloy ring brooch. Card. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (13)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Unknown date)
- STRIKE A LIGHT (Unknown date)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DRESS COMPONENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- LACE TAG (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 15 2018 3:07PM