Record Details
| NHER Number: | 14409 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval buckle and harness |
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Summary
A medieval harness and buckle, made of copper alloy, found by metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 16 00 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10SE |
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| Parish: | BRACON ASH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1978.
Found with metal detecting 20cm deep in old park of Hethel Hall, NHER 9508.
Copper alloy and gilt decorative pendant from harness with fleur-de-lys hinged in centre.
See (S1 and S2).
1980.
Same site.
Found with metal detecting.
Late medieval double copper alloy buckle, one loop missing.
S. Margeson (NCM) June 1980.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARNESS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Correspondence: Griffiths, N. 1983. Letter about enclosed illustration copies of horse harness pendants. 25 January. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Margeson, S. 1979. Medieval Horse-harness Fittings from Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVII Pt II pp 227-228. p 227. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Milligan, W.. 1978. Drawing of a medieval horse harness pendant.. Card. 1:1. |
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