Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31174 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval seal/stylus and medieval buckle |
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Summary
Metal detecting here in 1993-94 and 1996 recovered two medieval objects. The first was a 12th century copper alloy object identified as either a seal or a stylus and the second was a gilded medieval buckle.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 46 13 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF41SE |
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| Parish: | WEST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1993 or 1994.
Early medieval, probably 12th century. Bronze strip curved along one edge and tapering to a point at one end, broken at the other. Contour line borders. See description in file.
12th century seal? - S. Margeson (NCM), stylus? - A. Rogerson (NLA).
To be photographed.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 10 May 1995.
October 1996. Metal detector find.
Gilded medieval buckle, now rather squashed, with narrow bar. Widened outer edge has longitudinal grooves with decayed ? inlay.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 2 December 1996.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STYLUS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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