NHER 30580 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age awl and medieval strap end

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Summary

Metal detecting here in 1994 recovered a Bronze Age awl and a medieval strap end fragment decorated with moulded acorns and engraved lines. A third object made from cast bronze was found but could not be dated or identified.

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Map sheet	TF90NW
Civil Parish	SHIPDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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January/February 1994.
Bronze Age awl. Drawn, (S1).
Medieval strap end fragment, front plate with two cut-away arched openings with trefoil 'head' to the arches and an acorn on a stem in each arch. Engraved lines form border. 6 rivets. Repair strip on reverse.
Cast bronze object with ribbed, cordoned and 'pie crust' decoration. Part of one edge is unbroken. Reverse is rough and pitted, except along unbroken edge, ?date, (S2).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 18 April 1994.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF77217 Illustration: Barnatt, C. A.. 1994. Drawing of a Bronze Age awl.. Paper. 1:1.
<S2> SNF77218 Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1994. Drawing of an Undatable cast bronze object.. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age to Medieval - 2350 BC to 1539 AD)

Object Types (3)

AWL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Shipdham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Dec 2 2013 11:21AM