Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21716 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval pilgrim's flask |
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Summary
Metal detecting recovered a badly damaged lead pilgrim's flask from Walsingham. The flask would have been used to contain holy water or oils.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 34 16 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31NW |
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| Parish: | HORNING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1985. Found in ploughsoil with metal-detector.
Badly damaged fragment of Walsingham pilgrim bottle.
A. Gregory (NAU), 4 September 1985.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- AMPULLA (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. |
Related records - none
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