NHER 29813 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period metal finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG12SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March/April 1993.Metal detecting.
Roman military vulvate disc stud; single projecting shank at rear. Bronze.
Medieval bronze key, lovely lozengiform openwork bow to open cross and 4 pierced holes in spandrils. 2 pierced holes in sides and projecting animal head (hollow) at top. Hollow shaft.
Lovely Late Saxon box-mount, engraved pair of addorsed animal heads, ear and nostril projecting on side of mount. 2 rivet holes and iron at base and one at apex. Apex broken off. Heads are Ringerike- style.4 Roman coins. See form in file.
A.Rogerson (NLA) 7 June 1993.
1995. Metal detecting at Church Farm.
Medieval gilded bronze rectangular harness-pendant, broken loop for suspension and with central boss (with shank on reverse). Beautifully decorated with six-leafed rosette, each leaf with a punched gilded dot, and the rest of the rectangle is filled with stamped annulets.
(S1) in file.
Identified by S.Margeson (NCM) August 1995.
W.Milligan (NCM) 31 July 1995.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF100659 Correspondence: Williams, D. 1995. Correspondence between D. Williams and S. Margeson regarding Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts. 10, 22 and 31 August.
- --- SNF57562 Monograph: Williams, D. 1997. Late Saxon stirrup-strap mounts. A classification and catalogue. A contribution to the study of Late Saxon ornamental metalwork.. CBA Research Report. No. 111. No 60; p 34; Fig 23.
- --- SNF82735 Photograph: MJH 7-8, Late Saxon box mount..
- --- SNF82733 Photograph: MJM 5-6, Medieval key..
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (5)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- STUD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BOX (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 13 2020 3:34PM