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FIXTURES AND FITTINGS

Unique ID: SF2684

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Cast copper alloy fitting in the form of a moulded lion's head; naturalistic lion face cast in high relief with a hollow centre; ears and mane form a solid back-plate 2mm thick; reverse of face evident as a sub-triangular depression in centre of back-plate; this is pierced by a centrally placed circular hole surrounded by traces of iron corrosion which may be the remnants of a screw given that a screw-thread is discernible on the internal walls of the circular piercing.

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Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st May 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK WICKHAM MARKET

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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