NHER 16762 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic axehead and medieval or post medieval seal matrix
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG30NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | POSTWICK WITH WITTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
1980. Stray Find.
Found on field surface after ploughing [1]:
1 Neolithic chipped and polished flint axe.
See photograph in file and drawing (S2).
W. Milligan (NCM), 17 June 1980.
April 1997. Metal detecting find. Findspot on or near NHER 16762 [2].
Circular bronze seal matrix, hexagonal stem with trefoil pierced terminal. Motif a triple-towered castle, a possible swan's head embowed issuant from central tower to sinister. On one side of castle tiny cross-in-circle 'OP' and 'O' on other.
Originally believed to be 14th-15th century, but reidentified in October 1997 as possibly post-medieval (S3).
See published artivle (S3).
Identified by S. Ashley (NAU).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 May 1997. Amended A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 November 1997.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF92069 Illustration: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1980. Drawing of a Neolithic polished flint axehead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF86467 Article in Serial: Geake, H., Rogerson, A. and Ashley, S. 1999. Medieval Seal Matrices from Norfolk, 1996-1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 353-358. no 2, p 353.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval to 19th Century - 1300 AD? to 1900 AD?)
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Record last edited
Nov 19 2024 4:29PM