NHER 60841 (Find Spot record) - Unusual Early Saxon mount
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Summary
Metal-detecting in 2015 recovered a very unusual Early Saxon openwork mount or figurine in the form of a mounted warrior.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG50SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRADWELL, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 2015. Metal-detecting. [1].
Very unusual Early Saxon openwork mount or figurine in the form of a mounted warrior (S1).
Information from PAS import.
See monograph offprint (S2).
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2015.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
- <S1> SNF94053 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2015. Drawing of an Early Saxon copper alloy openwork mount or figurine. Film. 2:1.
- <S2> SNF98112 Monograph: Hills, C. and Ashley, S. 2017. Horse and rider figure from Bradwell, Norfolk: a new Early Anglo-Saxon equestrian image?. Interaction without borders. Exemplary archaeological research at the beginning of the 21st century.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- MOUNT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 410 AD to 700 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Nov 29 2017 1:19PM