NHER 52503 (Find Spot record) - Early Saxon gold bracteate or pendant fragment (Sporle with Palgrave, poorly located)

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Summary

Metal-detecting in Norfolk at some time between 1992 and 2005 recovered a fragment of Early Saxon gold bracteate or pendant. The significant of this object was not initially recognised and it was not reported until 2007, by which time its exact provenance was no longer known. It is however highly likely that it was found in Sporle with Palgrave.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	SPORLE WITH PALGRAVE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Metal detecting. 1992-2005.
Not previously reported (found in finder's 'junk' draw in 2007):
Early Saxon gold bracteate or pendant fragment.
Findspot unknown but almost certainly within Sporle with Palgrave [1].
See description in file.
Submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2008 T632) and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.136).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 October 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 May 2020.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF100581 Publication: British Museum. 2010. Treasure Act Annual Report 2008. p xx.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Object Types (2)

BRACTEATE (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
PENDANT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

May 22 2020 8:14PM