Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25894 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon and medieval strap fittings |
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Summary
Metal detecting recovered an 11th century strap end and the front plate of a medieval belt chape. The 11th century strap end is an unusual type decorated with leaf scrolls.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 14 42 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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| Parish: | UPPER SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 1990. Found with metal detecting.
Front plate of bronze medieval belt chape, terminal missing. Engraved decoration in form of four stylised leaves. Three rivet holes.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
October 1990. Very close to above.
Gilt bronze strap end. Wedge shaped, made of one strip folded over at narrow end; two rivet holes at broad end (one
survives). Decorated with leaf scrolls, very worn, in Winchester? style. 11th century. Very unusual type.
See (S1).
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 5 October 1990.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- STRAP FITTING (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Photograph: FTJ 6-7. 11th century strap end. |
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