NHER 25895 (Find Spot record) - Early/Middle Saxon mount, late medieval harness pendant
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SPROWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 1990. Method of finding unknown.
Early Saxon/Middle Saxon Style II decorated pelta shaped mount, with three studs on reverse. Gilt bronze. Decorated in two fields with U-shaped field in centre at wide end of mount; probably two animals with ribbon interlace bodies and heads in U-shaped field. (S1)
Late medieval harness pendant in two pieces; oval plate decorated with criss-cross bands, with rosettes formed from annulets at each junction. Broken at base. One projecting fragment survives with border of annulets and "wavy" edge (equivalent of "tassel" at base of pendant).
Name of finder unknown to compiler.
Ident S. Margeson.
Comp A. Rogerson 1 November 1990.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (7)
- BOX (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- DRESS COMPONENT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BOX (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- DRESS COMPONENT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FURNITURE FITTING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 28 2014 12:28PM