Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24864 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval metal finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1988 and 1995 recovered two medieval copper alloy buckles, both in the form of animal heads.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 38 17 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31NE |
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| Parish: | LUDHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 1988. Metal detecting.
Copper alloy buckle in form of animal head. Cast, with flat base and hasp at rear. Iron fills hollow at rear.
See drawing (S1) and description in file.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM), 18 October 1988.
D. Gurney (NAU), 24 October 1988.
September/October 1995. Metal detecting.
Lovely 12th century Romanesque animal head fastener/buckle (loop broken). Eye possibly once inlaid. Moulded features on head.
Compare with previous find from this site.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 11 November 1995.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: White, S.. 1988. Drawing of a medieval copper alloy zoomorphic buckle.. Film. 2:1. |
Related records - none
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