NHER 33947 (Find Spot record) - Middle or Late Saxon strap end

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Summary

Metal detecting recovered a copper alloy Middle Saxon or Late Saxon strap end depicting an animal head with engraved lines, deep-set eyes and a notched snout with dots for nostrils.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF70NW
Civil Parish MARHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

September 1998. Metal detecting find.
Bronze Middle Saxon/Late Saxon strap end. Double notch at top, open end. Tongue-shaped body with central sunken field with traces of white material and incised linear and notched decoration. Animal head with engraved lines, deep-set eyes and notched snout with dots for nostrils. Single rivet (bronze) at open end. See (S1).
Identified by V. Fryer (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 30 October 1998.

  • <S1> Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
  • STRAP FITTING (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 3 2021 8:02AM

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