Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15788 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic flints, 13th or 14th century seal |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1979 recovered a 13th or 14th century seal with the motto FRANGE LEGO TEGO; Break the seal, I read, I hold. In 1987 two large Neolithic flint blade flakes and a fabricator were also recovered from this area, in marl heaps.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 26 07 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | TROWSE WITH NEWTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Autumn 1979. Found with metal detector at 6 inches (15cm) deep.
Bronze pointed-oval seal, late 13th/14th century. Central device of bird with outstretched wings, and reads: + FRANGE LEGO TEGO (Break the seal, I read, I hold). [1]
See (S1).
Compiled by S. Margeson (NAU), 1980. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 18 January 2020.
July 1987. Found in marl heaps from a drainage sump.
Two large Neolithic flint blade flakes and a fabricator.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU).
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 12 August 1987.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FABRICATOR (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Margeson, S. 1985. 14th-century Seal-Dies from Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXIX Pt II pp 218-220. |
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