NHER 34908 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint and Late Saxon or medieval weight
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG31SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT AND LITTLE PLUMSTEAD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
December 1998. Stray find.
Undatable Prehistoric flint flake with small areas of retouch suggesting modifications e.g. for use as a knife.
Identified by P. A. Robins (NCM) January 1999.
K. Sussams (NCM) 20 May 1999.
March 1999. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon or medieval copper alloy coated iron weight of truncated sphere type. Now a mass of corroded iron one disc end of copper alloy cane be seen, with a border of punched dots around groups of more dots (4 can be seen in one place) and engraved straight lines. Weighs 156.22g. 10th to 12th century.
(S1) showed up nothing but iron.
See (S2).
Identified by H. M. Geake (A&E) 5 May 1999.
Comp. K. Sussams, 6 May 1999.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (5)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- KNIFE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- WEIGHT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 19 2016 3:32PM