Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30744 |
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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 1993 and 1995 recovered an elaborately decorated medieval sword chape and a medieval coin weight.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 03 82 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM08SW |
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| Parish: | NORTH LOPHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1993. Metal detecting.
Complete medieval sword chape with elaborate openwork front plate (cast) with three double fleur-de-lis on long top edge. A ribbed band in relief below and an open trefoil in centre. Below a vertical ribbed bank. Knob at base. Sheet metal back-plate.
Polaroid (S1) NCM.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), April 1994.
W. Milligan (NCM) 3 February 1994.
January/February 1995. Metal detecting.
14th/15th century bronze coin weight for a noble. Hexagonal shape. Uniface; ship on one side.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM), 12 April 1995.
W. Milligan (NCM), 11 April 1995.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN WEIGHT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | 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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