NHER 35008 (Find Spot record) - Post medieval metal finds

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Summary

Metal detecting in February to March 1998 recovered a single post medieval coin and a tiny mystery object shaped rather like a modern felling axe, tentatively dated to the post medieval period on account of its sharpness.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG20SE
Civil Parish	PORINGLAND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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February-March 1998. Metal detecting. Near site NHER 13559.
H. M. Geake (NCM) identified the finds.
One post medieval coin. See list in file.
Mystery object. Shaped rather like a modern felling axe, this tiny piece of cast bronze has a broken shank above the blunt end. Its not the tip from a Bronze Age chisel, or a Roman miniature votive axe - we think in fact the edges are so sharp that it could be post medieval. But what?
Polaroid (S1) taken.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 17 July 1999.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Object Types (4)

AXEHEAD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
MINIATURE OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Poringland (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Feb 3 2011 2:34PM