Record Details

NHER Number:32036
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period metal finds

Summary

Metal detecting in 1995 and 2001 recovered part of a Bronze Age copper alloy palstave, a medieval lead seal matrix, a strap fitting and a fragment of a bell, both also medieval.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 47 15
Map Sheet:TG41NE
Parish:ORMESBY ST MICHAEL, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

September/October 1995. Metal detecting.
End of Middle Bronze Age palstave, (S1). Blade end missing. About 1450 to 900 BC.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 5 April 1996.

April/May 2001. Metal detecting.
Medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 June 2001.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age to 19th Century - 2350 BC to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • PALSTAVE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BELL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Jenkins, T.. 1995. Drawing of a Bronze Age copper alloy palstave.. Paper. 1:1.

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