Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32986 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Post medieval metal plaque and medieval spur fragment |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1997 uncovered an unusual lead plaque. It is post medieval in date with a Corinthian style decoration and may have come from a carriage. Later in 2004 a medieval spur was also recovered.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 72 13 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71SW |
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| Parish: | PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1997. Metal detecting find.
Probably late post medieval lead plaque, incomplete. Cast with, on one side, decoration of a portico (part of). An arched door with a column on either side, perhaps Corinthian, with an arched window above and a circular window at top. Very unusual find, unsure what the plaque is from? A carriage?
Polaroid held by NCM.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 3 October 1997.
September-October 2004. Metal detecting. Site extended to whole field, previously centred at [1].
Medieval spur fragment.
See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 8 November 2004.
May-June 2013. Metal-detecting. [1].
Medieval lead ampulla.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 5 September 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- AMPULLA (14th Century to 16th Century - 1350 AD to 1530 AD)
- PLAQUE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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