Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31801 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval knife |
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Summary
Metal detecting recovered part of a late medieval iron knife. The tang of the iron blade had been covered with a bronze tube with unusual decoration.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 21 99 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM29NW |
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| Parish: | NEWTON FLOTMAN, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January/February 1996. Metal detecting find.
Fragment of iron knife blade with circular section tang; later covered with a bronze tube with end furthest from blade in form of coxcomb/zigzag decorated with bands of herringbone. Late medieval (very unusual).
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 March 1995.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
Related records - none
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