Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24263 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Saxon metal find |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1987 recovered a Late Saxon copper alloy strap end decorated with an animal's head and two panels with silver wire inlay.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 27 05 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | KIRBY BEDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1987. Metal detecting.
Late Saxon bronze strap end with zoomorphic ornament; animals head at end with Mickey Mouse ears, below two niello panels containing silver wire inlay. Two fixing rivets at top end. (S1).
A. Gregory (NAU), 29 December 1987.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
Related records - none
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