Record Details

NHER Number:31049
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Unusual medieval lead pilgrim bottle

Summary

Metal detecting on the beach in 1994 recovered a very nice and unusual medieval lead pilgrim bottle.

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Location

Grid Reference:TG 44 26
Map Sheet:TG42NW
Parish:SEA PALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

February/March 1994. On beach. Metal detecting.
Lovely and unusual ampulla, more 'rounded' than usual. Shell on reverse and possibly on other, damaged, face as well. Lugs surviving at neck.
Identified by S.Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 November 1994.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • AMPULLA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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