Record Details
| NHER Number: | 29679 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age, Roman and medieval metal finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1992 recovered a Late Bronze Age awl, a Roman coin and a medieval shield-shaped harness stud with remaining traces of red enamel.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 05 81 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM08SE |
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| Parish: | SOUTH LOPHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1992. Metal detecting.
Late Bronze Age awl, (S1).
Medieval bronze lovely shield shaped harness stud, with scalloped edge to inner shield, quartered with a star in one quarter and two opposing quarters plain with the fourth sunken, with traces of red enamel. Red enamel also around the star.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), December 1992.
Roman denarius. See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM) 2 February 1993.
Polaroids (S2) in file.
W. Milligan (NCM), 27 January 1993.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- AWL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Jones, C.. 1992. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age awl.. Paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
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