Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31486 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Bronze Age to medieval metal object scatter |
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Summary
Metal-detecting in 1995 recovered a range of multi-period metal objects. Noteworthy finds included a fragment of a Bronze Age sword blade with incised grooves running parallel to the edges, a medieval circular stud for a horse harness pendant and a very nice medieval door knocker decorated on the bar with symmetrically placed bosses. In 2011, this door knocker was re-identified from a polaroid photograph as a Roman knife handle.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 91 04 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90SW |
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| Parish: | SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April-May 1995. Metal detector finds.
Bronze Age sword blade fragment with incised grooves running parallel to edges, (S1).
Fragment of Roman bow brooch with catchplate.
Bronze circular stud with shank for horse harness pendant. H-shaped projecting lug with transverse rivet. Medieval 13th century.
Bronze key handle with iron staining, Roman?
Identified by S. Anderson (NCM).
Very nice medieval door knocker or lock-plate handle, solid bronze; curved bar with beaked terminal decorated with double row of inlaid zig-zag wire. On inside of other end, a suspension loop. Bar is decorated on three sides with symmetrically placed bosses, three on each side.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 August 1995.
Medieval door knocker or lock plate handle re-identified (from polaroid) as Romano-British knife handle.
See note in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 4 April 2011.
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
- SWORD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KNIFE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- DOOR FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Ashley, S.. 1995. Drawing of a Bronze Age sword blade fragment.. Paper. 1:1. |
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