Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23867 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon strap end |
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Summary
Metal detecting here in 1987 recovered part of a Late Saxon copper alloy strap end with zoomorphic decorations.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 16 14 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11SE |
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| Parish: | TAVERHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July 1987. Metal detector find. On small area of green. 'The triangle with the seat on it', at crossroads. Exact location needs to be checked on ground.
Part of bronze strap end with cast relief ornament, zoomorphic decorations. Possibly Early Saxon in date.
Photographed (S1).
Information from member of the public [1].
A. Gregory (NAU) 23 July 1987.
Grid reference corrected on site by E. Rose (NAU) in April 1991.
1987.
Strap-end found and identified as Early Saxon is of type redated to the 10th century (Borre-style) by [2] and [3].
A. Rogerson (NLA) 4 February 2000.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- STRAP FITTING (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Publication: 2000. NAHRG Quarterly. Feb 2000. 1. |
| --- | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. Polaroid No.: 4878. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Photograph: EDT 3-7. |
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