Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16764 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval metal finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1980 recovered a medieval coin and a medieval copper alloy chrismatory.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 37 28 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG32NE |
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| Parish: | EAST RUSTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1980. Metal detecting on an arable field.
Groat of Henry VI (North 1427) minted in Calais.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), 22 October 1980.
Same date and location. Metal detecting. Found about 20cm (8 inches) deep.
Roman bronze flask, perhaps for perfume.
(S1) in file.
S. Margeson (NCM), February 1981.
Vessel not Roman, reidentified by T. Pestell (NCM) as a medieval oil vessel from travelling chrismatory.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 7 June 2005.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- CHRISMATORY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
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