NHER 32143 (Find Spot record) - Possible Iron Age linch pin and medieval/post medieval buckle
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Summary
Metal detecting in this area during 1996 recovered part of a possible Iron Age linch pin and a fragment of a 15th or 16th century buckle frame.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF72NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HILLINGTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
3 October 1996. Metal detecting.
Remains of rather bent double-looped buckle frame. 15th/16th century.
Bronze knob with iron shank. Knob is of sugar-loaf shape; shank, rectangular in section, protruding from base and apex of knob; raised ridge around outer edge of base. ?From Iron Age linch pin.
Polaroid (S1) taken by NCM.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 November 1996.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (4)
- LINCH PIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- LINCH PIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 11 2016 4:06PM