NHER 15788 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flints, 13th or 14th century seal

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1979 recovered a 13th or 14th century seal with the motto FRANGE LEGO TEGO; Break the seal, I read, I hold. In 1987 two large Neolithic flint blade flakes and a fabricator were also recovered from this area, in marl heaps.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NE
Civil Parish TROWSE WITH NEWTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Autumn 1979. Found with metal detector at 6 inches (15cm) deep.
Bronze pointed-oval seal, late 13th/14th century. Central device of bird with outstretched wings, and reads: + FRANGE LEGO TEGO (Break the seal, I read, I hold). [1]
See (S1).
Compiled by S. Margeson (NAU), 1980. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 18 January 2020.

July 1987. Found in marl heaps from a drainage sump.
Two large Neolithic flint blade flakes and a fabricator.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU).
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 12 August 1987.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Margeson, S. 1985. 14th-century Seal-Dies from Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXIX Pt II pp 218-220.
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FABRICATOR (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2020 3:01PM

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