NHER 36240 (Find Spot record) - Post medieval and undated finds

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Summary

Metal detecting in 2001 and 2018 recovered a post-medieval button and dagger guard and an undated lead weight and unidentified lead object.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG01NE
Civil Parish LYNG, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

June 2001. Metal detecting.
1. An early post medieval copper alloy button, cast bi-pherical with pointed nipple and integral broken loop.
2. An undatable lead weight. It is a cast oval disc (22 by 24mm) with a slightly convex surface and crude miss-shaped raised cruciform as well as a slight circular depression on the base. Weight 19.79g, 0.70oz.
3. An undatable lead unidentified object. It consists of an iron fragment sandwiched between two disks of lead, each with cast scallop-shell decoration. Diameter 12mm. (S1).
Identified S. Ashley (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 25 July 2001.

April 2018. Metal-detecting. Elden Tours, Field WB1. [1].
Post-medieval dagger guard.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
A. Beckham (HES), 25 June 2018 and P. Watkins (HES), 9 September 2023.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Photograph: NLA. 2001. Finds Photograph. Polaroid.
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Unknown date)
  • WEIGHT (Unknown date)
  • DAGGER (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 11 2023 11:41PM

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