NHER 8121 (Find Spot record) - Medieval steelyard weight (Old Catton, poorly located)

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Summary

In 1832 a medieval steelyard weight was found on 'wasteland' in Old Catton parish. There is no precise discovery or locational information available.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	OLD CATTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

The find detailed below was recovered from Old Catton parish but there is no precise discovery or locational information available.

1832. 'Found in waste land'.
Steelyard weight - Class II. (with crest of Richard, King of the Romans. E. Rose, (NLA)).
Exhibition at Heraldic Ex. Birmingham 1936. Cat. No. 1198H. Antiquitied Catalogue No.654.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (Accession Number: NWHCM : 1838.59 : A S. Woodward Collection).
E.B. Green (NCM).
Record card (S1) notes "...the exterior of brass, and filled with lead."
Also see articles (S2), (S3) and (S4), monograph (S5) and correspondence (S6).
R.J. Rickett (NCM), 29 June 1990. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 5 February 2021.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF4359 Publication: [unknown]. Antiq. Cat.. 654.
--- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Catton.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 21 SW 36.
<S2> SNF1691 Article in Serial: Dru Drury, G.. 1926. Thirteenth Century Steelyard Weights. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. XLVII, pp 1-24. No. 18, p. 11.
<S3> SNF71449 Article in Serial: Ashley, S. 2008. A wyvern on a twelfth-century armorial weight from Norfolk. The Coat of Arms. 3rd Series Vol 4 No 216 pp 93-99. pp 94-95, Pl 1b.
<S4> SNF736 Article in Serial: [Unknown]. 1834. Appendix. Ancient Steel-yard Weights.. Archaeologia. vol.XXV, p 589, pl.LXIV. p 589, pl. LXIV.
<S5> SNF1915 Monograph: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery. 1936. Catalogue of An Heraldic Exhibition at the City Museum and Art Gallery Birmingham: November 5 to December 12 1936. 2. Cat. No. 1198H.
<S6> SNF100962 Correspondence: Anderson, R. F. J. and Green, B. 1963. Letters and notes exchanged between Col. R. F. J Anderson and B. Green between May and July 1963 regarding medieval steelyard weights. 6 May to 4 July.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Object Types (1)

STEELYARD WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Feb 5 2021 12:26PM