NHER 40660 (Find Spot record) - Medieval pottery sherd and medieval/post medieval purse frame

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Summary

Metal detecting in 2004 recovered a single sherd of unglazed medieval pottery along with part of a copper alloy purse frame. The purse frame dates to either the late medieval or early post medieval period and featured deeply engraved chevron decoration.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF90SW
Civil Parish	SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Before 20 February 2004. Metal detecting.
Medieval body sherd of sandy unglazed pottery, reduced with oxidised exterior, 12th-13th century (1g).
Late medieval/early post medieval: part of a copper alloy pendent frame of a purse, C-section, three attachment holes, deeply engraved chevrons and saltires inlaid with niello. At complete end a spike, for attachment to the bar, projects at right angles. LMMC type. Late 15th - early 16th century.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 21 July 2004.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF54404 Monograph: Margeson, S. 1993. Norwich Households. The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology. No 58. No 290.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Object Types (2)

POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PURSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

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Saham Toney (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Feb 7 2011 12:33PM