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PILGRIM BADGE

Unique ID: NMS-FE3C03

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete lead alloy Medieval cast Pilgrims badge. The badge is in the form of a figure in fluted Medieval dress gathering at the waist and holding a long staff or weapon diagonally across the body. The head of the figure and the top of the staff are both missing from old breaks. On the reverse at the mid-leg and shoulder positions are triangular-section fixing prongs, one of which survives only as a stub, the other is approximately 13mm long. A small amount of casting flash runs down the centre of the figure. No published parallel for the badge could be found. Circa 1400-1500 AD.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.5 mm
Width: 15 mm
Weight: 2.84 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015 - Tuesday 1st September 2015

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 60320
Other reference: DDMD082015

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Scarning (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF9311
Four figure Latitude: 52.66235291
Four figure longitude: 0.85243823
1:25K map: TF9311
1:10K map: TF91SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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