Find Spot record HGR 042 - Undated lead seal, Horsecroft

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Summary

A lead seal (?). Formerly recorded as HGR MISC

Location

Grid reference TL 84 61 (point)
Map sheet TL86SW
Civil Parish HORRINGER, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A lead seal (?) length 2.5cm, thickness 1.2cm, and one concave face was donated to Moyses Hall Museum in 1984 by the finder. Found with a metal detector August 1983 on (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s).
Geoff Eyan of the Museum of London examined the artefact and said of it "I cannot identify it - it is not a cloth seal and I can see no definite trace of decoration" (S1). Note other finds from (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s): CRN 15645 & 6 (Med & PMed scatters); CRN 06568 (C7 gilt mount); BSE 151 and possibly CRN 15644 (scatter). Finds from (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s) (CRN 06570) may also be from same site.

Formerly recorded as HGR MISC

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> (No record type): Mr H Hunn per BSEMH, card 1984-93, 1984 (ill).

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2018 2:54PM

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