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LAMP HANGER
Unique ID: NMS-E877DC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval copper alloy suspension unit or holder for a lamp or censer, consisting of a vertical arm below a suspension loop and above three horizontal arms each ending in a loop, and on the underside a horizontally pierced lug. Surfaces are partly covered by, and all apertures filled with, ferrous deposits. One arm is incomplete. Height 34mm. Length of arms 23mm. Width between surviving arms 42mm. Cf. an example of similar size found at St Peter's church, Guestwick, Norfolk (Williams, V. in Rogerson et al. 1987, 73, fig.50, no.2), the Greyfriars, Norwich (Huddle, J. in Emery, P. A. 2007, 153, fig. 5.47) and others from London, one in a later 14th-cent. context (Egan 1998, 130-1, nos. 356-7).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 34 mm
Width: 42 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 9th December 2014 - Wednesday 9th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 16536
Other reference: SB102015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Shouldham Thorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6508
Four figure Latitude: 52.64464563
Four figure longitude: 0.43734772
1:25K map: TF6508
1:10K map: TF60NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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