NHER 19502 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age palstave and post medieval seal
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Summer 1983. Metal-detecting. [1].
Found at Tower End.
Much corroded, broken, central fragment of Bronze Age single-looped palstave.
See drawing (S1).
Seen September 1983 by J. Wymer (NAU).
Details from A. Rogerson (NAU).
Compiled by J. Wymer (NAU) 19 September 1983.
Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 November 2019.
January 1989. 'Within a yard or two' of above find.
Triangular section of copper alloy multiple seal matrix (fob seal) with three oval faces depicting/inscribed the following:
1. Bust r. TITVS CAESAR;
2. Winged figure with bow r. and bird (?) above IAI ETE HEVREVY FIDE ET AMORE;
3. Clasped hands.
Small circular longitudinal perforation with arc of small punched dots on curved surface of upper end.
Post medieval.
Cast NCM.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 15 February 1989.
PAS details awaited - recorded out of county. [2].
Expanded to whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
P. Watkins (HES), 2 February 2026.
Associated Sources (4)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- COIN (Medieval - 1204 AD to 1210 AD)
- SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 7 2026 8:56PM