Record Details

NHER Number:25825
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:15th or 16th century copper alloy tap with animal headed spout

Summary

Metal detecting in 1990 recovered a 15th or 16th century copper alloy tap with animal headed spout.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 75 02
Map Sheet:TF70SE
Parish:OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

July 1990. Found with metal detector. [1].
15th or 16th century copper alloy tap with animal headed spout. White metal coated. Reminiscent of ewer spouts of similar date; found 131 metres east of cross roads and about 10 metres north of hedge. See (S1).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 23 August 1990.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • FIGURINE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • JUG (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FIGURINE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • JUG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Photograph: FTN 27-30.

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