Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23707 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Early Saxon ornament |
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Summary
An Early Saxon gold and garnet ornament similar to a piece from Sutton Hoo was found. This may come from an Early Saxon cemetery site. The exact nature and location of this discovery are unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | NORFOLK NO PROVENANCE, -, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Date and circumstances of discovery uncertain.
Early Saxon gold and garnet ornament in form of truncated cone, similar to a piece from Sutton Hoo. Perhaps from an Early Saxon cemetery site (maybe Rocklands Early Saxon cemetery, NHER 1054) but this is uncertain.
Information from [1].
See [2].
A. Gregory (NAU), 15 April 1987.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Associated Finds
- PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records
| 1054 | Related to: Early Saxon cremation cemetery (Monument) |