NHER 20177 (Find Spot record) - 13th century spoon bowl

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Summary

A 13th century spoon bowl was found here by metal detecting. It has previously been mistaken for a Late Saxon pin head.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF72SW
Civil Parish	CONGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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August 1983. East of scheduled villa site. Metal detecting
Pinhead ?Late Saxon; oval with linear cruciform design with lines in low relief on one side. Lead or metal with high lead content. Length 5cm, 2.8cm.
E. M. James (KLM), 8 February 1984.

This sites falls within metal detecting scatter NHER 25765.
E. Rose (NAU), 31 May 1990.

Late Saxon pin found in 1983 reidentified as medieval spoon bowl, probably 13th century.
See (S1) and (S2).
S. Ashley (NLA), 6 May 2004.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide. KLM.
<S1> SNF56786 Monograph: Biddle, M.. 1990. Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester.. Fig 248; No 262.
<S2> SNF49959 Illustration: Finds Illustrations.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)

Object Types (2)

PIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
SPOON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Related NHER Records (1)

Geographical: NHER 25765 - Part of: Late Iron Age activity, Early Saxon cemetery and Roman to early medieval settlement, plus multi-period finds (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Mar 5 2021 12:03PM