NHER 58415 (Find Spot record) - Medieval to post-medieval metal objects

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2013 and 2017 recovered a post-medieval coin and several other metal objects, including medieval lead spindle whorls, a lead plaque and lead seal matrix and a medieval/post-medieval thimble.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG23SE
Civil Parish	SWAFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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February-March 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
Medieval lead plaque (S1) and lead spindle whorls.
Medieval/post-medieval thimble.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 May 2013.

April-May 2017. Metal-detecting. [2].
Medieval lead seal matrix.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 September 2023.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
<S1> SNF89355 Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2013. Drawing of an incomplete medieval lead plaque, rectangular with irregular break on one side and at base.. Film. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (5)

SPINDLE WHORL (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1400 AD)
SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
PLAQUE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
THIMBLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1600 AD)
COIN (16th Century - 1553 AD to 1554 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 13 2023 11:34AM