NHER 35022 (Find Spot record) - Roman coins, medieval buckle, undated lead weight

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1999 recovered a medieval buckle dating to the 14th to 15th centuries, two Roman coins and an undated lead weight.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20SW
Civil Parish SWARDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Summer 1999. Metal detecting.
Two Roman coins, see list in file.
Medieval buckle. Oval frame with integral (incomplete, ends missing) forked spacer. Outer sheets missing. 14th century-early 15th century. For reference see Dress Access (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 September 1999.

August 1999. Metal detecting rally.
Undatable lead weight, shaped like a large egg with a 'big end' and a 'little end'. The little end has a small circular perforation which runs ar least half of the length of the weight. The big end has the flat circular head of a copper alloy ?nail visible, which may have been driven into the other end of the perforation. Well made but undatable. Now weighs 738g.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 July 2000.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: Egan and Pritchard. 1991. Dress Accessories. Nos 322-4.
  • WEIGHT (Undated)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 29 2014 12:17PM

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