Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17264 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval and post medieval metal finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1981 recovered a medieval bronze seal matrix and a post medieval bale seal.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 51 03 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG50SW |
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| Parish: | BRADWELL, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1981. Metal detecting in field off Jew's Lane.
Found in field about 10cm (4 inches) deep. Previously ploughed, now overgrown.
Bronze circular seal matrix with central handle with trefoil loop.14th century.
Device; hare blowing a horn (?) riding on a bird, maybe a duck?
Legend SOHOV (a hunting cry) ROBCE. O?
Post-medieval bale seal.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM) 1981.
The seal matrix is mentioned in (S1). The bale seal noted above is possibly a seal that was photographed by the NCM and subsequently identified by G. Egan (BM) - see polaroid. Unfortunately, although the finder of this object is noted on the polaroid, its provenance is not given.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 January 2017.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Margeson, S. 1985. 14th-century Seal-Dies from Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXIX Pt II pp 218-220. p 218. |
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