Record Details

NHER Number:33424
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval and post-medieval finds

Summary

Sporadic metal-detecting between 1997 and 2015 recovered a post-medieval token as well as a medieval Papal bull, a heraldic pendant, a buckle and a possible strap-end and a post-medieval seal matrix.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 24 16
Map Sheet:TG21NW
Parish:SPIXWORTH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1997. Metal detector finds. Spixworth field 17. [1].
One medieval Papal bull.
One medieval heraldic pendant.
Identifications by H. Geake (NCM).
See description in file and (S1) by S. Ashley (NLA).
K. Sussams (NCM), 19 January 1998.

September to October 1999. Metal detecting. [2].
Post medieval token.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 March 2000.

October to November 1999. Metal detecting. [3].
Medieval buckle and ?strap end. See description in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 March 2000.

Before December 2015. Metal-detecting. Site extended 21m to the north. [4].
Post-medieval seal matrix.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2015.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BULL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP END? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • SEAL MATRIX (16th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1710 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Finds Illustrations.

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