NHER 15607 (Find Spot record) - Saxon metal find
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1979. Metal-detecting.
Recovered east of railway line.
Damaged gilt-bronze wristclasp with remains of 'eye' decorated with Style I animal ornament; see Cambridgeshire type Barrington B. 6th century. (S1), copy in file.
Identified by E.B. Green (NCM). A. Lawson (NCM) 1979.
This is a Hines Form C5 and is described and illustrated in (S2). Two other Form C5 clasps are known, from Sisland, Norfolk (See NHER 21871) and Snape, Suffolk. A. Rogerson (HES), 6 February 2017.
Updated by A. Beckham (HES), 23 March 2017.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
- <S2> SNF97224 Publication: Hines, J.. 1993. Clasps, hektespenner, agraffen. Anglo-Scandinavian Clasps of Classes A-C of the 3rd to 6th centuries AD. Typology, Diffusion and Function.. p. 72. p. 72.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- SLEEVE CLASP (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 23 2017 11:53AM