NHER 31486 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age to medieval metal object scatter
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF90SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April-May 1995. Metal detector finds.
Bronze Age sword blade fragment with incised grooves running parallel to edges, (S1).
Fragment of Roman bow brooch with catchplate.
Bronze circular stud with shank for horse harness pendant. H-shaped projecting lug with transverse rivet. Medieval 13th century.
Bronze key handle with iron staining, Roman?
Identified by S. Anderson (NCM).
Very nice medieval door knocker or lock-plate handle, solid bronze; curved bar with beaked terminal decorated with double row of inlaid zig-zag wire. On inside of other end, a suspension loop. Bar is decorated on three sides with symmetrically placed bosses, three on each side.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 August 1995.
Medieval door knocker or lock plate handle re-identified (from polaroid) as Romano-British knife handle.
See note in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 4 April 2011.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (7)
- SWORD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KNIFE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- DOOR FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Nov 21 2013 12:06PM