NHER 22205 (Find Spot record) - Roman seal

The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please contact us to consult the full record.

Summary

A Roman lead seal, decorated with the image of a griffen, found by metal detecting.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG40SE
Civil Parish	BURGH CASTLE, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Full Description

1983 or before.
Lead sealing.
Irregular piece of lead, maximum diameter 30mm, with circular impression on obverse showing an animal, probably a griffin, running right (diameter 16mm).
Reverse is blank but string hole is clearly to be seen.
Leaden sealings were often used on pakages.
The findspot suggests that our sealing may have been made during the 3rd century when Burgh Castle was a flourishing military station.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 12 February 1986.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF6375 Article in Serial: Henig, M. 1985. A Roman Lead Sealing from Burgh Castle. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Vol XXXVI Pt 1 p 36.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Object Types (1)

SEAL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Find out more...(1)

Burgh Castle (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Sep 1 2016 1:33PM