NHER 33574 (Find Spot record) - Middle or Late Saxon strap end
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG13NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HANWORTH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
March/April 1998. Metal detecting find.
Incomplete Middle Saxon/Late Saxon strap end with animal head terminal.
Split end missing, below this, object is rather bent and worn, and has 3 slightly irregular ?accidental holes with no decoration visible around. Below this area is an unclear motif inlaid in niello or silver. Animal head terminal is better preserved with a pair of ears, some (again unclear) niello/silver inlay in the forehead, 2 dot eyes (with once some inlay) and a rather sweet slightly uptilted (bent?) pointy snout. 9th century.
Identified by H. Geake (A&E).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 12 May 1998.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 1 2021 8:00AM