NHER 37659 (Find Spot record) - Medieval harness pendant

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Summary

Metal detecting recovered a copper alloy 14th century horse harness pendant depicting a lion.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

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Map sheet	TG22SW
Civil Parish	HEVINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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November/December 2002. Metal detecting.
Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant, quatrefoil, elongated and slightly bent suspension loop, metal very corroded. Blazon: Gules a lion passant guardant Or (on a square field from each side of which springs a fleur-de-lis Or into each foil Azure). ?Allusive for ENGLAND and FRANCE. 14th century.
See similar examples in (S1).
See (S2).
Identified by S.J. Ashley (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 January 2003.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF53864 Monograph: Ashley, S. 2002. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 101. 23 and fig 21, 208-13.
<S2> SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Object Types (1)

HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2017 11:44AM