Record Details
| NHER Number: | 29136 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period metal finds (King's Lynn, poorly located) |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1991 to 1992 recovered an Iron Age harness fitting and various medieval metal finds, including a brooch, a buckle, a book clasp and a seal matrix.
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Location
| Parish: | CLENCHWARTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1991. Metal detecting at [1].
Late medieval barrel-shaped fastener
16th century three-armed (one arm missing) seal matrix
16th century double loop buckle
16th century book clasp
14th century brooch or pin fragment
Identified by L. Brewster (KLM).
L. Brewster (KLM), 20 December 1991
The road is in 1km square [2] and forms the parish boundary, but the west side is built up. [3] may have meant the continuation of the road to the north.
E. Rose (NLA).
August 1992. Further metal detecting finds by [3]
Medieval bronze spur arm terminal
Iron Age bronze loop (possibly a harness fitting).
L. Brewster (KLM), 12 October 1992
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- HARNESS FITTING? (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BROOCH? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL MATRIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SPUR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources - none
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