NHER 25941 (Find Spot record) - Head from 18th or 19th century tobacco jar
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Summary
Metal detecting recovered a lead head from an 18th or 19th century tobacco jar.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORSFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 1990. Metal detecting find
?Iron Age or ?Roman Lead 'Negroid' head similar to those found at Snettisham (NHER 1487 context 29; also British Museum excavations, November 1990)
To be photographed NAU.
D. Gurney (NAU), 6 December 1990
January 1991.
Lead head found November 1990 reinterpreted as part of 18th/19th century tobacco jar lid.
See (S1).
D. Gurney (NLA), 3 January 1991
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF62180 Publication: Myer, R.. Chats on Old English Tobacco Jars.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (4)
- FIGURINE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FIGURINE (Undated)
- FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 23 2022 9:58AM