Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15797 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval copper alloy dagger handle |
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Summary
In 1979 a copper alloy dagger handle, made in the 14th or 15th century, was recovered from a garden in this area. It had twisted decoration and a pierced oblong hole for the tang on top.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 933 961 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL99NW |
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| Parish: | THOMPSON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1979. In garden. [1]
Bronze dagger handle, 14th/15th century, with twisted decoration and pierced oblong hole for tang on top.
Drawing (S1) in the Illustration Library.
S. Margeson (NCM), 29 January 1980.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- DAGGER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TL 9396A,B. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Illustration: Banham. P.. 1979. Drawing of a medieval dagger handle.. Card. 1:1. |
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