Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31914 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval folding clasp and Roman coin |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1996 recovered part of a medieval copper alloy folding clasp, as well as a Roman coin.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 20 86 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM28NW |
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| Parish: | PULHAM MARKET, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1996. Metak detector find.
Medieval folding clasp (part of), see (S1). Broken rectangular frame. Outer edge has animal-head (?lion), with rounded ears, engraved lines over forehead (mane), lentoid eyes with drilled iris, wedge-shaped muzzle and engraved lines on the 'cheeks'. Probably 13th century.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
D. Gurney (NLA), 9 May 1996.
June 1996. Metal detector find.
One Roman coin.
See form in secondary file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 21 June 1996.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- CLASP (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DRESS COMPONENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Publication: 1991. Dress Accessories. No 568. |
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