Record Details

NHER Number:32284
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal detecting in 1996 recovered a Roman copper alloy mount, a Middle Saxon animal-headed terminal and a piece of medieval pottery.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 29 30
Map Sheet:TG23SE
Parish:NORTH WALSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1996. Metal detecting.
Middle Saxon bronze animal-headed terminal. From what? Polaroid (S1) NCM.
Roman bronze bull's head mount, possibly from a figurine. Hollow neck socket. Casting imperfection on one cheek. Polaroid (S1) NCMin file.
See (S2) in the Illustration Library.
Late medieval rim sherd.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM).
H. Geake (NCM), 4 November 1996.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman to Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • CEREMONIAL OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FIGURINE (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Illustration: Davies, J.. 1996. Drawing of a Middle Saxon copper alloy animal head terminal.. Paper. 1:1.
<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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