NHER 28777 (Find Spot record) - Late Saxon metal find (King's Lynn, poorly located)

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Summary

A Late Saxon iron knife was reported to have been found near King's Lynn in 1991.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

See register entry in file.
Purchased 23 August 1991 for Royal Armouries (inv. X.1659).
Stated by vendor to have been found in a ploughed field near King's Lynn in April 1991. Report NCM.
'Small iron scramasax or sax blade of usual shape; single-edged, the half of its length nearest the tip having a convexly curved forward edge and a clipped back. Tang tapers uniformly to a point'.
S. Margeson (NCM), 2 December 1991.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • SEAX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 22 2020 2:13PM

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