Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18584 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval lock and post medieval knife handle |
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Summary
Metal detecting here during 1982 recovered a medieval lock and a 17th century knife handle, possibly Dutch, with enamelled foliage decoration in blue, white and dark blue.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 11 06 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10NW |
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| Parish: | WRAMPLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 1982. Found with metal detector.
Medieval lock?, copper alloy.
Post medieval 17th century knife handle, possibly Dutch, with enamelled foliage decoration in blue, white and dark blue.
Terminal in form of lion's head.
See for comparison Opgravingen in Amsterdam cat. nos 636 and 637.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM) 27 September 1982.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- LOCKING MECHANISM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KNIFE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 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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